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Meal families

Main courses

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawns in garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef cannelloni

Minced beef or pork hash.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Doughnuts

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Praline bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal with sorrel sauce

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with goat cheese

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Pork

Peking knuckle of pork with spices

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Miscellaneous

Snails in the Burgundy style

Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Hot Starters

Spiced pork nem

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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Main courses

Stuffed tomatoes

Stuffed tomatoes with tomato, rice, meat, garlic, bread and parsley.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Roquefort bites

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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Termignon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.

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