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Meal families

Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with white paste.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Salads

Vegetable salad with toro and anchovies

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

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Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca artesano tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk, white in color.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

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Desserts

Tarte Tatin

Tart with upside-down apples caramelized in butter and sugar.

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Desserts

Redcurrant vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with greeen peppercorn sauce

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Cold starters

Turkey meatloaf

Ballotine : piece of meat, game, fish, or poultry that is deboned, rolled, stuffed, and tied, cooked in a casserole or set in jelly.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Sea fish

Roasted turbot with black truffles and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Baerewecke

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Bread with dried and candied fruits marinated in alcohol.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with orange sauce

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

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Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

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

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