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Meal families

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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Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle bolognese

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Main meals

Vegetable couscous

Steamed semolina served with vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Cheeses

Tilsit

Germany.
Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Main meals

Parrillada

Argentina.
Various cuts of meat slowly roasted on a grill.

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Desserts

Strawberry bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruit, cream, sometimes jam.

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Desserts

Streusel cake

Streusel: Alsatian brioche on which there's a kind of crumble made from butter, cinnamon, flour, almonds and sugar powder.

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Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette sausage skewers with shallots

Sausage cooked with white wine, butter and shallot.

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Cheeses

Plaisir au Chablis

France. Burgundy.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Cheeses

Gougères with Chaource

Gougères stuffed with Chaource cheese.

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Desserts

Croustillons

Deep-fried balls with sugar.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole with saffron

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit roasted kid goat and persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki with wasabi

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut in thin slices and seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (generally ginger).

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