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Meal families

Poultry

Duck foie gras with velouté of red kuri squash and porcini mushrooms

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Cheeses

Vacherin d’Abondance

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie. Abondance.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette in a gingerbread crust

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

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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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Cooked meats

Lonzu

France. Corsica.
Salted charcuterie, washed with wine before being dried and peppered, then smoked.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne. Vézelay.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 7 to 11 days.

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Cold starters

Fish and vegetable pâté

Served cold.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Morel mushroom pie

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek and scallop pie

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Pork

Tandoori pork tenderloin

Tandoori : meat or fish marinated and coated in yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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Desserts

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Cheeses

Pavé de Calais

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 4 weeks.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with bone marrow

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon with hollandaise sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Beef

Charolais beef fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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