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Meal families

Main meals

Asparagus and langoustine raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Desserts

Fontainebleau with strawberries

Fontainebleau : dessert made with fresh cow's milk cheese and whipped cream.

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Cooked meats

Oreiller de la Belle Aurore

Terrine of different meats baked in the oven, coated in gelatin, in a pastry crust.
Served cold.

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Sea fish

Salmon quenelles with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : butter, olive oil, lemon juice and white wine with parsley.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette and mushrooms

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette

Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (veal sweetbread), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : potatoes baked in the oven with onions in broth.

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Desserts

Exotic fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Pork

Jambonneau with lentils

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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Sea fish

Cod ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Cheeses

Caerphilly

United Kingdom. Wales.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Salads

Langoustines salad with orange butter and tarragon

Orange butter : reduced orange juice with butter and cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Main meals

Chicken rice pilaf

Pilaf : wheat, quinoa or rice cooked in a seasoned broth in the oven or or casserole dish.

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