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Meal families

Beef

Beef tenderloin with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Desserts

Black fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Beef

Grilled beef with Colbert sauce

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

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Pork

Grilled pork leg slice

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with vinaigrette

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Desserts

Coffee merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Desserts

Chestnut macarons

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

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Consommé and Soup

Cabbage soup

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Cheeses

Mothais sur feuille

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a natural rind.

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Desserts

Mont-blanc

Meringue cake covered with Chantilly cream and topped with chestnut cream, then dusted with icing sugar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Pasta dish made with tomatoes cooked with salted anchovies, garlic, capers, olives, and chili.

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Appetizers

Anchovy butter canapé

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle risotto

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams au gratin

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