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Meal families

Desserts

Pineapple rum flambe

Slice of pineapple flambéed with rum

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Desserts

Pomelo pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Desserts

Vanilla religieuse

Pastry made up of two choux filled with a flavored pastry cream and coated with fondant and buttercream.

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Warm starters

Snails raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Main meals

Dauphiné raviole in broth with black truffle

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

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Main meals

Champagne style potée

Mixture of pork meat with cabbage and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Peach bourdaloue

Peach and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macaroons

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Desserts

Eggs in snow with pink praline

Eggs in snow : whipped egg whites accompanied by custard, usually topped with caramel.

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Poultry

Braised duckling with turnips

Duckling : young duck.
Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cheeses

Crater Lake Blue

United States. Oregon.
Pasteurized cow's milk blue cheese.
Ripening : 90 days.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini risotto

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated octopus

Octopus marinated in olive oil and sherry vinegar.
Served with salad, onion, pepper, tomato…

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