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Meal families

Sea fish

Monkfish tail with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Honey-glazed parfait

Parfait : frozen dessert made from fresh cream and eggs with a flavouring (alcohol, crushed fresh or dried fruit, chocolate, vanilla ...).

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Cheeses

Kanternagelkaas

Netherlands. Friesland. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese flavoured with cumin and cloves.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with sauce homardine

Sauce homardine : Lobster bisque with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini gratin

Accompanies grilled shellfish, fish or all types of meat.
Served hot, warm or cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Celery root puree

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Cheeses

Munster

France. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with mushrooms and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Game birds

Salmi of wood pigeon

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Quince sorbet

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Main meals

Paella valenciana

Rice dish with olive oil, vegetables, meat and/or fish, shellfish cooked in a pan called paella.

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Cheeses

Bear hill

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 8 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with porcini

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