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Meal families

Warm starters

Vol-au-vent financiere

Vol-au-vent : hollow case for several people (diameter of at least 15 centimeters) of puff pastry with meat, sweetbreads, fish, crustaceans, snails, mushrooms mixed in a sauce (bisque, béchamel sauce with cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) with the addition of Madeira and truffle essence.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared scallops

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Cooked meats

Pork liver 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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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with herbs

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauteed morel

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Cheeses

Bergamino di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Buffalo milk pasteurized cheese with white mould rind.

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Veal

Braised veal medallion

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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Desserts

Strawberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Cheeses

Coolea with Cumin Seed

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Poultry

Souvarov pigeon wings

Souvarov : stuffing of uncooked foie gras and black truffle cooked in a terrine.

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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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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini

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

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Cooked meats

Andouille sausage

Pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.
Served cold as first course.

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Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter: butter with black truffle and Cognac.

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Cheeses

Manchego fresco

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in orange wax.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with garlic

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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