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Meal families

Poultry

Chicken supreme with chanterelles

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

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb navarin

Navarin : stew.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops in americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta and clams

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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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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Offal and tripe

Bordeaux style veal kidney

Kidney cooked in red wine and finished with Bordelaise sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavored buttercream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Salmon pie

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Smoked salmon toast

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Beef

Rib steak with bourguignonne sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bourguignonne sauce : partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Small oysters

Small oysters (number 5 : between 30 and 45 grams).
Don't forget the bread and butter as an accompaniment.

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Poultry

Chicken wings with morel cream sauce

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

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