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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Fritto misto

Fried seafood and vegetables.

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Main meals

Raclette

Melted cheese served with cold cuts, potatoes and vegetables.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Zwiebelkuchen

Germany. Hesse Rhineland. Palatinate.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb with new garlic

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

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Sea fish

Lemon sole goujonnettes

Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels and vin jaune sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Vegetables quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Crudités salad with tuna, hard-boiled eggs and olive oil.
Do not serve fine wine.

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Main meals

Gratin dauphinois

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Warm starters

Goat cheese raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

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Appetizers

Anchovy butter canapé

Anchovy butter : Softened butter mashed with anchovy fillets, garlic, and sometimes herbs.

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