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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled zucchini

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Cold starters

Pike mousseline with crawfish sauce

Mousseline : light culinary preparation to which whipped cream is added.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Eggs in snow with raspberry

Eggs in snow : egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with white truffle

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Pork

Pork chop with charcutiere sauce

Charcutière sauce  : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.

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Pork

Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Coconut flan

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Lemon and mascarpone mousse

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Beef

Grilled beef with Colbert sauce

Colbert sauce : maitre d'hotel butter with gravy and tarragon.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Aligot tart

Tart with aligot and ham.

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Cheeses

Picolin

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 week.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Pickled olives

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam and green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Seafish

Honey glazed salmon with lemon

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Salads

Olivier salad

Russia. Moscow.
Mixed salad made with diced vegetables (boiled potatoes, carrots, pickles, peas, etc) and other ingredients (egg, diced ham, chicken, etc), all bound together with mayonnaise.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Molten dark chocolate cake

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Beef

Charolais beef pavé 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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