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Meal families

Veal

Braised veal medallion

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cold starters

Sea bass and red tuna 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

Strawberry 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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Beef

Grilled beef with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Tomato quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Lamb chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, lamb, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Seafish

Salmon carpaccio with herbs

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

Strawberry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Peking duck

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Dark chocolate dessert

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Seafish

Monkfish stew with red butter sauce

Red butter sauce : shallots and red wine with butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Pizza alla puttanesca

Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives, and bell peppers.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Flageolet beans with butter

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