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Meal families

Furred game

Saddle of hare with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Poultry

Souvarov-style chicken

Souvarov : stuffing with fresh foie gras and black truffle cooked in terrine.

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Rabbit

Rabbit with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb with herbs

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruit salad

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Seafish

Sole with beurre noisette sauce

Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apricot ramekin

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Miscellaneous

Burgundy snails in cassolette

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).

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Beef

Grilled rib steak and grenailles potatoes

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Grenailles : small potatoes (diameter between 18 and 35 millimeters).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Frozen cherry soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Ardi-gasna

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk whose rind is rubbed with a purée made from Espelette peppers.
Ripening : 3 to 12 months.

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