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Meal families

Poultry

Duckling Montmorency

Duckling served with a sauce made from poultry velouté and Montmorency cherries.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream, egg yolks, onions, and Sherry or Madeira.

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Game birds

Roasted pheasant with mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Sea fish

Sole with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Twig farm goat tomme

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a natural rind ranging in color from grey to brown.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.

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Cheeses

Port Salut

France. Pays de la Loire. Mayenne.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Pork

Pork roast with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cold starters

Oyster tartare

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

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano stravecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 36 months.

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Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with cockles

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Pork

Saint-Hubert suckling pig

Saint-Hubert : stuff with chicken breast, pork, veal and smoked bacon, chestnut, onion, leek and potato.

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Sea fish

Salmon with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Poultry

Duck salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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Desserts

Raspberry 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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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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