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Meal families

Desserts

Almond tuiles

Petit four, made with ground almonds, cooked and flattened into the shape of a roof tile commonly added as garnish to dessert.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted oysters

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Cooked meats

Roasted andouille from Guéméné with apple compote and white wine sauce

Andouille : pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
Served hot.

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Game animals

Doe fillet with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

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Beef

Beef tongue with sauce ravigote

Ravigote sauce : lightly acidic hot or cold sauce with velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Rabbit

Rabbit cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Beef

Beef miroton

Miroton : cooked beef dish (generally pot-au-feu) seasoned with onions.

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Cheeses

Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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