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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Mutton chops with bacon

English-style : with bacon.

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Cold starters

Crab cocktail

Crab salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Others

Red curry

Thai speciality.
Complex combinations of spices or herbs (garlic, shallots, red chili peppers, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime peel, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns and lemongrass) with coconut milk and fish sauce.

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Cheeses

Mignot

France. Normandy. Orne. Vimoutiers.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

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Offal and tripe

Bordeaux style veal kidneys

Kidney cooked in red wine and topped with bordelaise sauce.

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Sea fish

Roasted darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Desserts

Douillon à la poire

France. Normandy.
Cored pear stuffed with granulated sugar with a teaspoon of Calvados and butter or jam for the children, baked in a shortcrust or puff pastry.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with garlic cream

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Desserts

Black forest cake

Cake of German origin (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) based on several layers of sponge cake with cocoa, flavored with kirsch, stuffed with cherries in syrup and whipped cream between each layer, topped with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Salmon lasagne

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Cheeses

Mascaré de Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Raw sheep's and goat’s milk cheese curdled in a chestnut leaf.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Iced parfait with almond brown nougat

Parfait : frozen dessert made from fresh cream and eggs with a flavouring (alcohol, crushed fresh or dried fruit, chocolate, vanilla ...).

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Beef

Steak au poivre

Beef meat flambéed in Cognac and served with peppercorn sauce flavored with white wine, Marsala or Porto and possibly accompanied by mustard.

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Salads

Piedmontese potato salad

Salad with pickles, ham, egg, potatoes, tomatoes mixed with mayonnaise.

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Sea fish

Pickled herring

Herring marinated in vinegar with carrot, lemon, bay leaf, onion, mustard and sometimes served with fresh cream.

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