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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes a la croque au sel

A la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, for example radishes.
In general, avoid serving wine with raw artichoke.

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Sea fish

Slab of salmon with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Appetizers

Tapenade toast

Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Desserts

Napoléon cake

Cake of Russian origin. Variety of mille-feuille.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage in a beurre blanc sauce

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Poultry

Souvarov pigeon wings

Souvarov : stuffing of uncooked foie gras and black truffle cooked in a terrine.

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Sheep and Goats

Seven hour leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Seven hour : Slow-cooking leg of lamb in wine with garlic and herbs until it is fall-off-the-bone tender and luscious

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawns in garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with tuna

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