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Meal families

Ice cream and sorbets

Cherry sorbet

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Ice cream and sorbets

Vanilla ice cream

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Desserts

Chocolate praline dome cake

Milk chocolate dome filled with praline mousse.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato salad with black truffle oil

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Desserts

Coffee and chocolate marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Sea fish

Skate with black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Veal

Braised veal chop

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Desserts

Caramelized pear mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Main meals

Vegetarian Tartiflette

Cream-based dish with potatoes, sometimes with mushrooms, baked au gratin with cheese.

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Poultry

Roasted capon en demi-deuil

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster aumoniere

Lobster meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Cold starters

Seafood paté

Served cold.

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Sea fish

Trout fillets Gravlax

Gravlax : fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices, and herbs, cured with salt and sugar, served with a mustard sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Main meals

Beef cheek and black truffle hachis parmentier

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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