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Meal families

Cold starters

Salmon sashimi

Sashimi : thin slices of raw fish or shellfish.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Crepe Suzette

Crêpe with a butter and caramel sauce, freshly squeezed tangerine or orange juice, orange zest, and Grand Marnier or Curaçao.

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Poultry

Turkey supreme with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cold starters

Lobster aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Praline succès cake

Macaron filled with praline cream.

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Main courses

Pot roast

United States.
Dish made with a piece of beef slowly braised in liquid with vegetables such as carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes.

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Poultry

Duckling Montmorency

Duckling served with a sauce made from poultry velouté and Montmorency cherries.

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Seafish

Sea bream with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate and Griottines twelfth night cake

Griottines : cherries macerated in a kirsch liqueur.

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Seafish

Grilled red mullet with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle with rice

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Poultry

Chicken galantine

Galantine : mixture of meat and bacon sliced or chopped then boiled.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Savarin with red berries

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Veal

Veal Milanese

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Poultry

Duck breast with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Miscellaneous

Barbecue

A meal, usually outdoors, where food is cooked on a grill or a spit.

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