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Meal families

Poultry

Squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Freshwater fish

Trout tartare and green asparagus

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage with a lemon sauce

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.

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Veal

Veal shank slice with cider

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Warm starters

Lobster raviole

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

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Salads

Parisian salad

Mixed lettuce salad with button mushrooms, diced cheese (Comté, Emmental), diced ham, hard-boiled egg, potato and tomato.
Seasoned with a parsley and pickled gherkin vinaigrette.

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Cheeses

Little boy blue cheese

United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Consommé and Soup

Pauchouse

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from pieces of lean freshwater fish (pike, perch, zander) and fatty fish (eel, carp, salmon, tench, trout), cooked in a white wine sauce and served with croutons, bacon bits, and potatoes.

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Poultry

Chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

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

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Cold starters

Spiny lobster with mayonnaise

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

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Game birds

Young partridge in parchment

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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