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Meal families

Game birds

Roasted pheasant with Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : white wine or Madeira reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed green asparagus with morels

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Cheeses

Tomme de brebis

Ewe's milk cheese, pressed and uncooked.

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Offal and tripe

Roasted veal kidneys with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce: velouté with grated horseradish.

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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Beef

Beef daube with carrots

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hummus

Mashed chickpeas and tahini (sesame cream) seasoned with garlic, salt and lemon juice. Served with olive oil.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini provencal

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

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Sea fish

Grilled shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord jeune

France. Nord. Pas de Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelks

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Appetizers

American-style pigs in a blanket

Sausage wrapped in puff pastry.

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Desserts

Pear bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Poultry

Alsatian roast goose

Stuffed goose serve with sauerkraut.

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Cheeses

Provolone

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters and pork crépinettes

Oysters with sausage meat.

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