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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant tian

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beetroot tartare

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

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Beef

Orange beef

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

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Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Seafish

Turbot with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Main courses

Lamb tajine with lemon confit

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Fougerus

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind decorated with a fern leaf.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Poultry

Chicken quesadillas

Mexico.
Corn tortilla filled with cheese and chicken.

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Offal and tripe

Roast veal kidney with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce : velouté with grated horseradish added.

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Seafish

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

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

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

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Cod croquettes with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Seafish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade and mashed potato with olive oil

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Beef

Spicy steak tartare

Steak tartare : minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.

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Main courses

Chicken raviole and consommé with black truffle

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

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Cheeses

Ash covered goat cheese

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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