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Meal families

Desserts

Redcurrant pavlova

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

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Desserts

Floating island

Whipped egg whites on sponge cake with custard and usually caramel sauce.

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Poultry

Young turkey with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with fresh cream, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes heart

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Cheeses

Crü di capra

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Veal

Veal medallion with vin jaune

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Poultry

Chicken with Perigourdine sauce

Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles) with onion, shallots and foie gras.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Karnıyarık

Turkey.
Eggplants stuffed with garlic, onion, parsley, pepper, tomato and minced meat.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine Alfredo with porcini

Fetuccine Alfredo : pasta dish consisting of long pasta mixed with butter and parmesan cheese.

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Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu with hollandaise sauce

Blue: cooked in court-bouillon and vinegar.
Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Main meals

Ruthenian pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : Pasta stuffed and cooked in boiling water.
Ruthenian : stuffed with cottage cheese, fried onion and potato.
Served hot or cold.

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Main meals

Dauphiné raviole with fresh cream

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

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Poultry

Duck with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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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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