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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French beans

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Beef

Chateaubriand

Piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet.

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Pork

Tandoori pork tenderloin

Tandoori : marinated meat or fish coated with yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

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Cold starters

Salmon pâté with lemon sauce

Lemon Sauce: butter, lemon, cream and mustard.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops in olive oil and lemon

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Touraine.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Desserts

Cofee religieuse

Pastry made up of two choux filled with a flavored pastry cream and coated with fondant and buttercream.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lamb’s lettuce

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Appetizers

Poached eggs tart and Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Cheeses

Vieux Boulogne

France. Nord. Pas de Calais. Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach with a light white sauce

White sauce : heated flour and butter to which a hot liquid is added (broth, water, cooking juices, wine).

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