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Meal families

Sea fish

Brill with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled prawns

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Desserts

Raspberry miror cake

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Saint george mushroom

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Ice cream and sorbets

Banana split

Ice cream-based dessert made with a banana cut in half lengthwise and three scoops of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry in France, three scoops vanilla in Belgium) all of which are topped with hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

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Appetizers

Munster sablé

Serve as an appetizer or before dessert.

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Main meals

Smoked sausage 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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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with basil butter

Basil butter : butter and basil.

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Sea fish

John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cold starters

Spiny lobster in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Main meals

Chinese hot pot

Stew made with ingredients placed into a pot and cooked at the table.
Dish with thinly sliced meat, leaf vegetables, fish, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, seafood...

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Cheeses

Curé nantais

France. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Tomme de Camargue

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Camargue.
Fresh cheese from sheep's milk flavored with powder thyme and bay leaves.

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Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio with dill

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

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Appetizers

Roquefortins

Toast with Roquefort mixed with walnuts and raisins.

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