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Meal families

Veal

Rouelle of veal with cider

Rouelle : a thick slice of meat cut from the hind leg.

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Salads

Parisian salade

Salad with lettuce, button mushroom, cheese (generally diced of Comté or Emmental), Jambon de Paris (diced), hard-boiled egg, potato and tomato.
Seasoned with a vinaigrette with parsley and pickles.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bream with fennel 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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Game birds

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini

Cooked à la goutte de sang : fast cooking of meat moderately high for there to be surface coloration of the flesh but the interior remains red.

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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Main meals

Hochepot

France. Hauts-de-France.
Stew with oxtail, shoulder of mutton, salt pork and vegetables.

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Sheep and Goats

Beef irish stew

Ireland.
Beef stew with carrots, onions and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

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Poultry

Orange chick

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

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Cheeses

Green Dirt Farm’s Ruby

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk with a washed rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked yellow bell pepper

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass fillets with maitre d’hotel butter

Maitre d'hotel butter : softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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Beef

Rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Cooked meats

Rillettes de Tours

France. Touraine.
Charcuterie dish with shredded meat cooked for a long time over low heat in fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices and Vouvray wine.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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