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Meal families

Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, stuffed, and poached or braised, serve with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and meat glaze.

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Desserts

Merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Cake in shape of a sphere or a medium-sphere made of two meringues welded with praline whipped cream and covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

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Desserts

Red fruit 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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Desserts

Banana soufflé

Served hot.

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Desserts

Pineapple surprise

Pineapple slices topped with caramel and covered with a brioche soaked in cream.

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Cheeses

Villageois

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Veal

Provencal rack of veal

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Cheeses

Hooligan

United States. Connecticut.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Warm starters

Lobster raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Beef

Grilled Bordeaux style steak

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb chops with herbs de Provence

Chops served with tomatoes and garlic cooked in oil.

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Veal

Provencal veal flank

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Ginger prawn

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Poultry

Duck foie gras with quince

Served hot, warm or cold.

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