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Meal families

Freshwater fish

Trout au bleu

Blue : cooked in a vinegar-based court-bouillon.

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Cooked meats

Duck terrine

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Tres leches

Spain. Asturias.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with a virgin olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Cheeses

Coolea Extra Matured

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 18 months.

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Desserts

Casse-museau

France. Occitania. Tarn. Brassac.
Crispy brioche made with sheep’s milk and a molten heart.

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Beef

Beef tenderloin with bordelaise sauce

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

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Salads

Mesclun

Mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.

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Desserts

Coffee and chocolate charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Duck breast with Fougerolles Griottines

Griottines : cherries macerated in a kirsch liqueur.

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Desserts

Cadet Mathieu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Apple and cream pie surrounded by golden egg-washed shortcrust pastry, filled with a cream made of flour, egg yolks, milk, sugar, apple slices, and vanilla.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : potatoes baked in the oven with onions in broth.

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Others

Croque-madame

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.

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Desserts

Coffee and chocolate marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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