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Meal families

Beef

Beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Desserts

Pear and amandine tart

Tart with almond cream and pears.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Main meals

Fondue savoyarde

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Traditional Savoie cheese fondue (Beaufort, Comté, Emmenthal, Gruyère, Tomme de Savoie) where small cubes of bread are dipped.

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Desserts

Damson pavlova

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seven-vegetable couscous with herb broth

Steamed semolina served with vegetable stew (purple artichoke, carrot, zucchini, beans, turnips, peas, tomato) accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Main meals

Cottage cheese pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : Pasta stuffed and cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Gingerbread charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roast lobster

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawn aumoniere

Prawn meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Poultry

Ostrich steak with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Desserts

Mocha cake with nuts

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavoured buttercream.

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Poultry

Squab with duck foie gras

Squab stuffed with duck foie gras

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Desserts

Petit four glacé

Glacé : topped with fondant.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with Dieppe sauce

Dieppe sauce : Normandy sauce (Bechamel with added cream) with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Cooked meats

Pork rinds

Pieces of pork meat confit in its own fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices and sometimes: garlic, parsley, vinegar.

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Sauces

Roquefort sauce

Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Cheeses

Shepherd’s delight

United States. Pennsylvania.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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