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Meal families

Warm starters

Cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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Desserts

White chocolate merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Main meals

Fondue normande

Fondue made with soft cheese without rind (Camembert, Livarot, Pont-l’Évêque…) with Calvados, cream or milk, and shallot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White truffle

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Poultry

Pigeon with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Cheeses

Sapore del piave

Italy. Veneto. Oderzo.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk.
Ripening : over 12 months.

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Poultry

Braised duckling with turnips

Duckling : young duck.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Desserts

Fruit zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Desserts

Redcurrant vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Salads

Lyonnaise salad

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Salad made with bacon, a poached egg, toasted bread, and frisée or dandelion greens, served with a walnut oil and red wine vinegar vinaigrette.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine bisque

Bisque : creamy soup of clear, shellfish stock.

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Desserts

Redcurrant pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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