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Meal families

Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with tapenade and mashed potato with olive oil

Tapenade: garlic, capers, anchovies, black olives, pepper and olive oil.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Cheeses

Salers

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.

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Poultry

Salmi of squab

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

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Ice cream and sorbets

Iced parfait with almond brown nougat

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

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Pork

Pork spare ribs with devil sauce

Devil sauce : reduction of shallots and vinegar in equal parts, spicy, with veal stock and Spanish sauce simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Game animals

Salmi of hare

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

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Salads

Tuna salad

Tuna salad with lettuce, tomato and vinaigrette.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fennel

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Cheeses

Olivia

France. Provence. Sisteron.
Soft-ripened unpasteurised goat milk cheese flavored with mashed black olives and decorated with an olive and two savory leaves.

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Cheeses

Saint-Marcellin

France. Dauphiné.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Cooked meats

Young rabbit terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue: spiny lobster meat slices placed in a row on the shell and served cold.

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Sea fish

Cotriade

Breton fish stew (kaoteriad contents of a pot) made with different kinds of fish and potatoes served with a broth.
The dish can be accompanied by herbs, shellfish and vegetables.

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Sheep and Goats

Tripotxa

Spiced lamb black pudding sometimes associated with veal.

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