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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with a julienne of leek

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb chops with Pont-Neuf potatoes and spices

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Desserts

Red fruits in aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Main meals

Wild boar daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Cold starters

Pike mousseline with crawfish sauce

Mousseline : light culinary preparation to which whipped cream is added.

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Poultry

Pigeon with sweet spices

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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Desserts

Ambassadeur

Sponge cake soaked in Grand Marnier (sometimes Kirsch), layered with pastry cream filled with candied fruits, and topped with marzipan (typically green).

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Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White beans in tomato sauce

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Cold starters

Tuna tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle mashed potatoes

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed mushrooms

Stuffed mushrooms with ham.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken stuffed with black truffle and pommes mousseline

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Potatoes mousseline : mashed potatoes mixed with egg yolks and whipped cream.

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