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Meal families

Cheeses

Dante

United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 months minimum.

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Beef

Braised beef chuck

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

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Sea fish

John Dory with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel and horn of plenty fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood spaghetti

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets 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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Veal

Veal escalope with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Beef

Pastrami

Beef salted, smoked and cut in thin slices.

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Cold starters

Crab cocktail

Crab salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Desserts

Black fruit pavlova

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

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Warm starters

Duck foie gras with black truffle in puff pastry

Puff pastry coating duck foie gras with black truffle.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables clafoutis

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Cheeses

Neufchâtel

France. Normandy. Neufchatel-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Game birds

Papillot of young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Cooked meats

Poultry paté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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