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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Roast veal kidney with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce : velouté with grated horseradish added.

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Veal

Veal tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Cold starters

Seafood paté

Served cold.

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Sheep and Goats

Seven-hour lamb

Seven hours : slow-cooked in wine with garlic and herbs until the meat falls off the bone.

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Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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Others

Chop suey

Chop suey : shrimp, fish, or meats (beef, pork, or chicken) cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, mung bean sprouts…) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.Usually served with rice, sometimes with noodles.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style scallops

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Offal and tripe

Tripes à la mode de Caen

France. Normandy.
Stew made with the four parts of a veal’s stomach (rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum) and an ox foot.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb with garlic cream

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Sea fish

Marinated herring dieppoise

Herring poached in a marinade of white wine and vinegar with carrot, celery, and onion, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and flavored with bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed wild mushrooms

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Desserts

Red berry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Poultry

Spatchcocked chicken with garlic and rosemary

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb 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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Consommé and Soup

Pork goulash

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