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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop tartare with lime and curry sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Banana soufflé

Served hot.

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Beef

Rump steak with Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Seafish

Tuna fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Sauces

Poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Feathered game

Roast young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Streusel cake

Streusel : alsatian brioche topped with a type of crumble made from butter, cinnamon, flour, almond powder and sugar.

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Cheeses

Bresse bleu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Offal and tripe

Bordeaux style lamb kidneys

Kidney cooked in red wine and topped with bordelaise sauce.

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Beef

Grilled beef with bone marrow

Grilled beef on which we spread the marrow after cooking.

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Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Seafish

Poached pavé of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Poultry

Confit duck leg with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Scones

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Hot Starters

Spinach and ricotta quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Salads

Frisée salad with lardons and poached eggs

Frisée salad with bacon, a poached egg, and vinaigrette.

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Beef

Grilled hanger steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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