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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with an anchovy butter

Anchovy butter : softened butter mixed with mashed anchovies, garlic and sometimes herbs.

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Salads

Caesar salad

Romaine lettuce and croutons with egg, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini Bordeaux style

Porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

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Game animals

Jugged hare Saint-Hubert

Sauteed hare, flambéed with Cognac, red wine marinade and button mushrooms.

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Sheep and Goats

Kid goat with garlic and parsley butter

Garlic and parsley butter : butter, garlic and parsley mixed.

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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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Poultry

Salmi of pigeon and mallard

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Poultry

Duck bigarade

Bigarade sauce : sauce of veal stock with orange juice and oran.ge juice and zestvec du jus d’orange et du zeste d’orange.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams mariniere with thyme

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen Extra Matured

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered in black wax.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Consommé and Soup

Zurrukutuna

Basque Country.
Soup with cod, peppers and garlic.

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