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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Poultry

Pigeon with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate mirror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with calf's stomach and hoof.

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Sea fish

Sea bream with meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : liquid from the cooking with butter, chopped parsley and lemon.

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Cheeses

Bergues

France. Nord. Pas de Calais.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.

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Cooked meats

Lomo embuchado

Spain.
Lomo : sausage of pork loin marinated and refined several months.
Eaten raw and cut into very thin slices.

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Appetizers

Roquefortins

Toast with Roquefort mixed with walnuts and raisins.

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Beef

Pan seared rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Poultry

Confit duck leg and gratin dauphinois

Gratin dauphinois : dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Poultry

Bresse capon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Pullet in demi deuil with Albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine with salmon

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Others

Snail cassolette with chanterelle

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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