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Meal families

Desserts

Red fruit bavarian cream

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

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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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Salads

Mesclun with goat cheese

Mesclun : salad with a mixture of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, baby spinach, arugula, escarole, radicchio and aromatic plants.

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Cheeses

Bleu de Termignon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Desserts

Pineapple and coconut crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs veloute

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with fennel in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Fruit sorbet

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Sauces

Caper sauce

White sauce with fresh cream and egg yolks seasoned with lemon juice and added with capers.

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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

Lobster a la nage

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

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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 cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Desserts

Apple Flammkuchen

Thin layer of bread dough covered with cream or cottage cheese with slices of apples and flambéed with Calvados.

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Sea fish

Roasted salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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