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Meal families

Sea fish

Grilled sea bass 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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut : cabbage, finely chopped and fermented in brine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Parmesan risotto

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Sea fish

Cod with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Cheeses

Chambarand

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Isère.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cheeses

Crü di capra

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Sauces

Garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Cold starters

Salmon tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut in thin slices and seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (generally ginger).

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Cheeses

Baked mozzarella

Mozarella : speciality of Campania made with buffalo milk by the pasta filata method.

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Desserts

Mendiant

France. Alsace.
Cake made with stale bread, seasonal fruit and milk slowly baked in a buttered pan.
Preferably served warm.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle bolognese

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Game animals

Bordeaux style wild boar

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

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Desserts

Dark chocolate mirror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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