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Meal families

Cooked meats

Lyon-style andouillette

Cooked andouillette with onions, deglazed cooking juices with vinegar.
Served hot.

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Desserts

Iced chocolate and raspberry parfait

Parfait : frozen dessert made with heavy cream, eggs, and a flavoring (alcohol, fresh or dried fruit purée, chocolate, vanilla, etc.).

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Beef

Grilled steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

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Others

Frog legs with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked green bell pepper

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with maitre d’hotel butter

Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

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Sea fish

Sole bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Veal

Lucullus veal escalope

Two veal escalopes sandwiching bacon or ham and melted cheese.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pizza

Pizza topped with shrimp, mussels, or squid on a tomato sauce base.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with flageolets beans

Leg of lamb : Cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Cheeses

Munster

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

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Desserts

Mango bavarian cream

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

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Poultry

Roasted squab à la goutte de sang

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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