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Meal families

Cooked meats

Duck paté with duck foie gras

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Main meals

Three cheese fondue

Fondue made with Beaufort, Comté, and Emmental cheeses.

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Poultry

Bresse capon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Cooked meats

Macon-style andouillette

Small chitterling sausage with shallot, mushroom, white wine and mustard.
Served hot.

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Sea fish

Cold hake fillets with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Desserts

Puits d’amour

Round, hollowed-out pastry made from puff or choux pastry, filled with jam (apricot, raspberry, or redcurrant jelly) or pastry cream, and topped with caramel or powdered sugar.

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Cheeses

Soumaintrain refined with blackcurrant and blackcurrant liqueur

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soumaintrain stuffed with blackcurrant berries soaked in blackcurrant liqueur.
Ripening : 2 to 3 days.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Aravis

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Poultry

Stuffed turkey

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Beef

Roast beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Main meals

Gratin dauphinois with black truffle

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Others

Frog legs cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Beef

Maultaschen

Germany. Baden-Württemberg.
Ravioli stuffed with meat, pan-fried until golden then poached in broth.
Served with a green salad.

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