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Meal families

Desserts

Osterlammele

France. Alsace.
Sponge cake in the shape of lamb sprinkled with icing sugar.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal roasted shoulder of lamb

Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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Warm starters

Waffle with Maroilles cheese

Waffle topped with thin lamellas of cheese Maroilles.
Generaly served with a green salad.

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Cheeses

Tilsit

Germany.
Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Endive and scallops tart

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Desserts

Red fruit charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Cheeses

Brie

France. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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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

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral with sorrel sauce

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.
Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Appetizers

Bread with tomato

Toast rubbed with garlic and fresh tomatoes with thin slices of ham.

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Pork

Rethel boudin blanc

France. Champagne-Ardenne. Ardennes.
White sausage made only from pork meat with milk instead of blood.

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