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Meal families

Poultry

Duck aiguillette with white grapes

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Poultry

Pan seared duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with parsley sauce

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawn aumoniere

Prawn meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Extra

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Black label.

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Cheeses

Pont-l’Evêque

France. Normandy.
Soft cow's milk cheese, square-shaped with a beige or orange rind.

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Desserts

Peach zabaione

Zabaione: egg yolk beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or not, to get a froth hot or warm and fragrant.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with financiere sauce

Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) with the addition of Madeira and truffle essence.

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Desserts

Pithivier

Gâteau of puff pastry filled with almond cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tomato quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Beef

Chateaubriand Vert-pré

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Vert-pré : maitre d'hotel butter accompanied by watercress

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Sauces

Perigourdine sauce

Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles) with onion, shallots and foie gras.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared scallops 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Roast lobster

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