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Meal families

Sea fish

Sole with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Black plum pavlova

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

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Cheeses

Castelrosso

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Semi-hard pasteurized whole cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with americaine sauce

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive gratin

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Beef

Bordeaux style rump steak

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Gnocchi

Mixture of wheat flour and potato semolina or durum wheat poached in water and often gratin in the oven with cheese.

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Game birds

Young partridge in chartreuse of vegetables

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Chartreuse : dish cooked in a water bath consisting of cabbage (or other vegetables) braised arranged alternately layered with a meat to alternate colors.
Should be unmolded and served hot.

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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte with red wine

Rabbit stew with red wine.

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Cheeses

Lincoln log

United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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