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Meal families

Poultry

Duck a l’orange and celery purée

A l'orange: sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

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Cooked meats

Game animal pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Desserts

Fraisier cake

Cake based on strawberry with sponge cake and cream generally topped with a layer of marzipan.

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Veal

Braised cushion of veal

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

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Poultry

Bordeaux style duck

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with black truffle slices

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.
Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal lamb daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster americaine

Américaine Sauce : lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

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Cheeses

Selles-sur-Cher

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Sologne. Cher, Indre, Loir-et-Cher.
Soft-ripened unpasteurised goat milk cheese with a natural rind coated in vegetable ash.
Ripening : 10 to 30 days.

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Sea fish

Rollmops

Herring fillet marinated in water, white vinegar, salt, onion, pepper and mustard and sometimes white wine, rolled into a cylindrical shape, often around an onion, a vinegar pickle or sauerkraut.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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