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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue: spiny lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb shank with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Desserts

Baerewecke

France. Alsace.
Bread with dried and candied fruits marinated in alcohol.

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Beef

Chili con carne

Beef meat and chili peppers with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato ...) and spices (garlic, cumin ...).

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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini

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

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Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone macaron

Macaron : cupcake made with two meringue cookies and a cream or ganache between them.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Pan seared shrimp

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb cutlets with Pont-Neuf potatoes and spices

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Warm starters

Duck foie gras with black truffle in puff pastry

Puff pastry coating duck foie gras with black truffle.

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Poultry

Duck aiguillette with honey

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Cheeses

Smoked Gouda

Nederland. Smoked semi-soft whole cow's milk.

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Desserts

Dacquoise

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake made of layers of almond and hazelnut meringue (sometimes added with coconut or pistachio) and whipped cream or buttercream topped with icing sugar.
Serve cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with lemon sauce

Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Cold starters

Duck foie gras 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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