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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed zucchini

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Desserts

Alsatian-style blueberry tart

Alsatian-style : tart with a cream made from eggs, kirsch, milk, sugar, and flour.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream with fennel with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with white wine

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole with flat leaf parsley

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb’s brain with brown butter

Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp skewers

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Sea fish

Sole with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Sea fish

Monkfish tartar

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Sea fish

Sole with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Croquant

Croquant : almond biscuit.

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Sea fish

Sole with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Sauces

Salmi sauce

Salmi sauce : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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