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Meal families

Sea fish

Sea bream with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with garlic cream

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with black truffle

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with endive fondue

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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Appetizers

Dark chocolate sorbet

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked endive with ham

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Desserts

Vanilla religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

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Desserts

Caramel and mascarpone

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb confit

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

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Warm starters

Vegetable nems

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon pancake

Galette : savory crepe.

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Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with oysters

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

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Sea fish

Salmon with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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