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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Octopus galician style

Galician style : octopus cooked in boiling water and cut into slices of one centimeter thick covered with olive oil, salt and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with boiled potatoes.

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Sea fish

Hake with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sea fish

Turbot soufflé with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter. Served hot.

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Sea fish

Citrus salmon gravlax

Gravlax: fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices and herbs, salt, sugar with a mustard sauce.

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Cheeses

Gougères with Chaource

Gougères stuffed with Chaource cheese.

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Cheeses

Savaron

France. Auvergne.
Soft cheese from pasteurized or unpasteurised cow's milk.
Produced outside the Saint-Nectaire AOC region.

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Sea fish

John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Cold starters

Sea bass and red tuna carpaccio

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Asparagus with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Poultry

Duck breast with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Desserts

Caramel 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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