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Meal families

Sauces

Black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

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Pork

Sweet and sour pork

Chine. Canton.
Pork dish made with small square-cut pieces, deep-fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sometimes pineapple, carrot, chopped onions, and/or pepper.

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Beef

Provençal beef daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Cold starters

Black radish and herb butter

Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Shrimp with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Beef salted with spices and herbs then dried.

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Main meals

Lamb couscous

Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom fricassee

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fines de claire oyster

Fines de claire : oysters matured for 4 -8 weeks in oyster ponds.

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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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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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Desserts

Condé pear

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with pears in syrup.

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