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Meal families

Sea fish

Sole fillets with Dieppe sauce

Dieppe sauce : Normandy sauce (Bechamel with added cream) with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Cooked meats

Figatellu

Fresh sausage composed mainly of meat and pork liver with garlic.

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Desserts

Exotic fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta and clams

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Poultry

Spit-roasted squab with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho

Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, oil, salt and vinegar.

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Warm starters

Escargots en croûte

Dish made with bread dough.

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Main meals

Baeckeoffe

France. Alsace.
Dish of potatoes, meat and vegetables cooked with spices and white wine.

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Sea fish

Bluefin tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Andazul

Spain. Andalusia.
Blue-veined pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Desserts

Chocolate and pear dome cake

Dark chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse.

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Beef

Rib steak with cooking salt

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Desserts

Pithivier

Gâteau of puff pastry filled with almond cream.

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Veal

Veal medallion with chanterelle

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.

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