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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Poultry

Casseroled chicken bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Seafish

Sea bass fillets with orange sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with provençal herbs

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cold starters

Porcini carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Seafish

Lemon sole goujonnettes

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with port wine sauce

Port wine sauce : a demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock) enriched with Port wine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouée with mojette beans

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.

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Veal

Veal chop with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Beef

Chateaubriand Vert-pré

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Vert-pré : maitre d'hotel butter accompanied by watercress.

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Cheeses

Coutances

France. Normandy. Manche. Coutances.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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