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Meal families

Poultry

Poached Bresse fattened chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Dark chocolate mousse

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Main courses

Chicken tajine with lemon confit

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.

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Seafish

Salmon a l’unilateral with sorrel sauce

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Bleu d’Auvergne

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron. Haute-Loire. Puy-de-Dôme. France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze. France. Occitania. Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with sweet garlic and basil

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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Cold starters

Vegetable 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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Cured Meats

Goose paté with goose foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Poultry

Chicken en barbouille

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
En barbouille : chicken stewed in red wine with blood sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Sauces

Supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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