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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mashed potato

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Main meals

Fondue normande

Fondue made with soft cheese without rind (Camembert, Livarot, Pont-l’Évêque…) with Calvados, cream or milk, and shallot.

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Desserts

Profiteroles

Small choux pastry puffs filled with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream, often served with whipped cream.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Praline bavarian cream

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

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with figs

Served cold, warm or hot.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate dessert

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted lobster

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Appetizers

Antipasti

« before the meal »

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with olives

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Veal

Classic blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Le Gruyère réserve

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes.
Ripening : 10 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Fat bottom girl

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a washed rind with an orange color.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with lime

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

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Sauces

Kerkenaise sauce

Kerkenaise sauce : tomato sauce with garlic, cumin, lemon and olive oil.

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Cooked meats

Pheasant pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Beef

Grilled beef with bone marrow

Grilled beef on which we spread the marrow after cooking.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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