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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes and hollandaise sauce

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

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetables clafoutis

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Others

Yakitori

Skewers with beef, mushrooms, quail wings and eggs, pork with cheese, chicken, etc, served with salt or teriyaki sauce.

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Appetizers

Goat cheese gougères

Gougères stuffed with goat cheese.

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Cheeses

Montasio mezzano

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with brushed rind.
Ripening : 5 to 10 months.

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Sea fish

Salmon tartar

Fresh salmon and smoked salmon with a dash of lemon and olive oil more chives.

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Appetizers

Roquefortins

Toast with Roquefort mixed with walnuts and raisins.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Cheeses

Grilovaný Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Breaded cheese.

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Beef

Roast beef tenderloin with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : baked potatoes with onions in broth.

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Beef

Provencal-style estouffade of beef

Estouffade : cooked slowly with very little liquid in a closed container.

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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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Poultry

Roast chicken with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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