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Meal families

Cheeses

Ovelha amanteigado

Portugal. Beira Alta.
Soft-ripened raw sheep's milk with washed rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Beef

Grilled beef with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Desserts

Tropézienne

Brioche split in two and filled with a mixture of pastry cream and buttercream and topped with pearl sugar.

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Cheeses

Munster

France. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Desserts

Flemish waffles

Waffle stuffed with vergeoise (brown colored sugar), butter and rum, often flavored with vanilla.

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Beef

Beef tenderloin with red wine emulsion

Red wine emulsion: red wine brought to the boil, flambéed, then reduced with veal stock and crème fraîche before being added to butter and whisked.

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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Game birds

Larded quail

Larded : push bits of bacon or Serrano.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

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Sauces

Anchovy sauce

Sauce with anchovies, shallot, oil and herbs.

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Warm starters

Soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Pecorino Toscano

Italy. Tuscany.
Semi-hard cheese with sheep’s milk semi-cooked and pressed with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 20 days minimum.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream with fennel in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spicy butter

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Pork

Pork chop with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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