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Meal families

Salads

Autumn salad

Mixed salad with seasonal vegetables : beetroot, mushroom, cabbage, lettuce, walnut, potato, dried fruits…

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Cooked meats

Poultry pâté with citrus fruit

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Fruits

Brasucado

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Roasting chestnuts over a wood fire on a metal sheet or in a large pan.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster à la parisienne

Lobster cooked in a white wine court-bouillon, served cold and topped with mayonnaise, truffle, egg white, chervil, and tarragon, accompanied by tomatoes stuffed with vegetable macédoine.

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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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Desserts

Candied pineapple sable and fresh coriander

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Desserts

Red berry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Cold starters

Duck foie gras 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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Game birds

Young partridge with porcini mushrooms

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts

Chocolate and pear dome cake

Dark chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with pommes Pont-Neuf potatoes

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Main meals

Beef cheek and black truffle hachis parmentier

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Desserts

French king cake

Round brioche with candied fruit flavored with orange blossom.

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Warm starters

Snails in bread crust

Dish made with bread dough.

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Desserts

Pear bourdaloue

Pear and frangipane tart sprinkled with crushed macarons.

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