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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Lobster gazpacho

Gaspacho : soup made of raw vegetables and served cold.

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Desserts

Caramel bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Desserts

Lyon bugnes

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Regional donut variety.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alle vongole

Clam pasta with parsley.

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Desserts

Chocolate marquise

Iced chocolate dessert.

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Desserts

Praline bavarois

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Warm starters

Comté cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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Beef

Beef daube with raisins

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Desserts

Peach Melba

Halved peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream.

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Desserts

Sticky toffee pudding

United Kingdom.
Brown sugar sponge cake made with chopped dates and covered with a toffee sauce.
Served with custard, vanilla ice cream or single cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin

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Sauces

Choron sauce

Bearnaise sauce with tomato.

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Cheeses

Bent River

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines and Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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