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Meal families

Desserts

Apple 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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pithivier

Puff pastry cake filled with duck confit, duck foie gras with mushrooms, onions and whiskey.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with citrus fruits

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Desserts

Canelé of Bordeaux

Bordeaux speciality.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab claws with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Chicken and porcini pie

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Cooked meats

Duck terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in an earthenware container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Sauces

Ivory sauce

Supreme sauce (chicken soup with cream) with chicken or veal stock reduced.

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Sauces

Devil sauce

Reduction of shallots and vinegar in equal parts, spicy, with veal stock and Spanish sauce simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

mixed fried horn of plenty

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Cooked meats

Small chitterling sausage with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Sauces

Mousseline sauce

Hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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