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Meal families

Beef

Entrecote with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Beef

Beef tenderloin with red wine emulsion

Red wine emulsion: red wine brought to the boil, flambéed, then reduced with veal stock and crème fraîche before being added to butter and whisked.

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Cheeses

Vézelay

France. Burgundy. Yonne. Vézelay.
Unpasteurised goat's milk cheese.

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Eggs

Omelette

For a runny omelette.

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Appetizers

Summer roll

Vietnam.
Shrimp, vegetables, beef meat or pork meat wrapped in rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza Margherita

Pizza with basil, mozzarella and tomato (represents the three colors of the Italian flag).

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Ice cream and sorbets

Lemon sorbet

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Others

Red curry

Thai speciality.
Complex combinations of spices or herbs (garlic, shallots, red chili peppers, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime peel, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns and lemongrass) with coconut milk and fish sauce.

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Cooked meats

Game animal pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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