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Meal families

Beef

Rump steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Others

Oriental style pita

Pita : round flatbread used to catch food or to make a sandwich.
Also refers to the turnover oven-baked and stuffed with food.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with Perigourdine sauce

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

Aumale scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic prawns

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Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, stuffed with ragu (meat in tomato sauce) and peas./ Served hot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom pie

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Poultry

Chicken wings with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cheeses

Idyll gris

United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 12 to 21 days.

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Desserts

Apricot marquise

Frozen apricot dessert.

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