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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Thermidor medallion

Spiny Lobster meat mixed with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock and mustard served in its shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust.

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Appetizers

Munster sablé

Serve as an appetizer or before dessert.

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Main meals

Coalfish rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy paste or sauce composed of fruits or vegetables cut with crushed ginger, minced onions and chilli.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

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

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Cheeses

Arnéguy

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Sheep's milk cheese.

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Salads

Langoustines salad 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 animals

Venison and sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster with lemon sauce

Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Cheeses

St Gall Extra mature

Ireland. Cork. Raw cow's milk hard cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : over 3 months.

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