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Meal families

Desserts

Vatrushka with vanilla

Russia. Ukraine. Brioche cake topped with cottage cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with melted butter and parsley

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Poultry

Roasted squab with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Consommé and Soup

Cabbage soup

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Desserts

Hazelnut bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Main meals

Langoustine sushi

Sushi : cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits.

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Poultry

Roasted chicken with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from the juices that run naturally during cooking with wheat flour or cornstarch.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rump steak

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato gratin

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Main meals

Moussaka

Speciality of the Balkans and the Middle East.
Dish made up of layers of minced mutton, aubergine, onion and tomato.

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Desserts

Banana soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Beenleigh Blue

United Kingdom. Devon.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized goat's milk cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Flageolet beans with butter

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Cold starters

Eggs with Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

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Main meals

Truffade

Sort of pancake made with thinly sliced potatoes cooked in goose fat and mixed with thin strips of tome fraiche until it sticks in a sort of thick pastry, sometimes decorated with fresh parsley.

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Poultry

Spatchcocked pigeon

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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