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Meal families

Beef

Grilled rib steak with porcini mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cooked meats

Duck pâté with porcini mushrooms

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with perigourdine sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.

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Sea fish

Salmon and sea bass 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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fish pizza

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Warm starters

Sautéed duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Main meals

Souvlaki

Cyprus. Greece.
Small pieces of meat (lamb, beef, mutton, pork, chicken) cut into cubes and marinated in lemon juice and olive oil with vegetables, aromatics (oregano, thyme), herbs, pepper and salt, then grilled on a spit or on a skewer.
Served in a plate or on pita bread.

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Desserts

Red berry bavarian cream

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

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Sea fish

Braised salmon

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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Sea fish

Sole fillets bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with rosemary

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

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Warm starters

Shellfish raviole

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

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Cold starters

Egg aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano stravecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 36 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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