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Meal families

Desserts

Puits d’amour

Hollowed round cake in puff pastry or choux pastry stuffed with jam (apricot, raspberry or redcurrant jelly) or custard and topped with caramel or icing sugar.

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Poultry

Duck with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Cheeses

Leonardo

Italy.
Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Sea fish

Monkfish bourride

Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

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Desserts

Cremets d’Anjou

Egg white beaten with whipped cream and berries.

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Pork

Peking pork

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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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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Ice cream and sorbets

Cofee iced parfait and gingerbread

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop and clams cassolette with curry

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted oysters

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Poultry

Squab with duck foie gras and black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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