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Hot Starters

Quenelles

Plain quenelle : durum wheat semolina or flour with butter, eggs, milk and/or water, and seasoning.

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Cheeses

Tomme de Trappe Echourgnac affiné au vin de noix

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk and walnut liqueur washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Feathered game

Roast quail with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Poultry

Chicken with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Tom yum soup

Laos. Thailand.
Thai salad containing various spices and herbs cooked in a broth with garlic, lemon, lemongrass, kaffir lime, chilies, and fish sauce, presented as a soup.

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Salads

Mixed salad

A salad that combines various ingredients in addition to raw, seasoned leafy greens with a vinaigrette.

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Furred game

Venison fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spicy butter

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Seafish

Sea bream in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch roast with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

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Cheeses

Bleu des Causses

France. Occitania. Aveyron, Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

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Pork

Pork ribs with devil’s sauce

Devil sauce : shallot and vinegar reduction with veal stock and espagnole sauce, simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Petit four

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Cheeses

Coolea Herb and Garlic

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk flavored with herbs and garlic.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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