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Meal families

Sea fish

Provençal grilled sea bream

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels with cream

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Beef

Spicy steak tartare

Steak tartare : minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.

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Main meals

Flemish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Cheeses

Camembert au calvados

Camembert soaked for several hours in Calvados and then covered in breadcrumbs.

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Appetizers

Lobster butter canapé

Lobster butter : lobster meat with butter.

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Consommé and Soup

Fish a la nage with saffron

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Desserts

Mandarine givrée

Mandarine sorbet served in a mandarine.

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Desserts

Black fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Cheeses

Caillebotte

France. Brittany. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country. Poitou-Charentes. Pays de la Loire.
Cow's milk curdled with rennet.

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Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb fillet with garlic cream

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Desserts

Praline macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Cheeses

Fourme de Montbrison

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Loire. Montbrison.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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