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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood linguine

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Pork

Portuguese-style pork roast

Baked pork roast with paprika, chicken stock and white wine.

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Sea fish

Red mullet with sorrel sauce

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

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Desserts

Fresh fruit soup

(pineapple and peach)

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Warm starters

Black truffle raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Veal

Veal chop with bolognaise sauce

Bolognese sauce: meat sauce with soffritto (Italian version of a mirepoix) onion, celery and carrot. The different types of meat are chopped or finely chopped and cooked slowly.

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Main meals

Fondue savoyarde

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Traditional Savoie cheese fondue (Beaufort, Comté, Emmenthal, Gruyère, Tomme de Savoie) where small cubes of bread are dipped.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : chicken or veal velouté reduced before adding the cream.

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Cheeses

Louis d’Or

Canada. Quebec.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Zamorano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Consommé and Soup

Meatball soup

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with spring vegetables and Soubise sauce

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Appetizers

Poivrade artichokes with olive oil

Raw vegetables soaked with seasoned olive oil.

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