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Meal families

Main meals

Pike-perch matelote

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Poultry

Duck breast with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried seafood

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Desserts

Pineapple Chantilly

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Macaroni gratin

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Desserts

Victoria sponge

Sponge cake filled with whipped cream and berries.

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Sea fish

Smoked salmon carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Sauces

Tartar sauce

Mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm in vinaigrette

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Poultry

Stuffed goose

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Pork

Braised knuckle of pork

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Pork

Braised pork shoulder

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Pork

Grilled marinated pork chop

Marinated tenderloin of pork with garlic, oregano, paprika and salt.

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