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Snails Burgundy style

Snails with garlic ans parsley butter (butter, garlic and parsley mixed).

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb stuffed with black truffle

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

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Desserts

Gugelhupf

Bundt cake which contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch cherry brandy, sometimes candied fruits and nuts.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz and potatoes with bacon

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with anise and grilled fennel

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

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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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Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared scallops with white wine and mousseline spinach

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Desserts

Chocolate passion trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Cold starters

Eggs with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken stuffed with black truffle and pommes mousseline

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.
Potatoes mousseline : mashed potatoes mixed with egg yolks and whipped cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Steamed mussels

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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Cold starters

Italian style melon

Melon slices coat with Parma ham.
Match the saltiness of the ham according to the sweetness of the melon.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken soup with cream) with chicken or veal stock reduced.

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Cheeses

Twig farm washed rind wheel

United States. Vermont.
Semi-hard cheese from raw goat's and cow’s milk with a yellowish-golden rind washed with lees of cider.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.

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