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Meal families

Game birds

Grilled quails with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Desserts

Plum pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Poultry

Sauteed turkey

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Cooked meats

Macon-style small andouillette sausage

Small chitterling sausage with shallot, mushroom, white wine and mustard.

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Pork

Rouelle of pork

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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Sauces

Cocktail sauce

Cognac or whisky with ketchup, mayonnaise and tabasco.

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Sauces

Spiny lobster butter

Spiny lobster meat with butter.

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Others

Chicken gyros

Gyros: greek sandwich, derived from the döner kebab, with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce on pita bread.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach

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Sea fish

Cotriade

Breton fish stew (kaoteriad contents of a pot) made with different kinds of fish and potatoes served with a broth.
The dish can be accompanied by herbs, shellfish and vegetables.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster medallion en Bellevue

Bellevue: lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Chaource soufflé tart

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