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Meal families

Desserts

Banana soufflé

Served hot.

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Beef

Beef bourguignon

Long cooking over low heat in a closed container of beef cooked in red wine with mushrooms, onions and bacon. Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.

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Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb confit

Knuckle of lamb : meat joint from below the knee.

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal grilled lamb

Provencal : with sautéed tomato in olive oil with bread, garlic, onion and parsley.

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Sea fish

John Dory in a beurre blanc sauce

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz and potatoes with bacon

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Desserts

Pear charlotte

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

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Sauces

Financiere sauce

Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) with the addition of Madeira and truffle essence.

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Beef

Bordeaux style beef tenderloin

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

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Offal and tripe

Marseille pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made of sheep's feet and stomach stuffed with pork belly or salt pork simmered in a white wine sauce and tomato.

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Poultry

Bordeaux style duck daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal

Fricandeau : thinly sliced veal larded and braised.

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