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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Roasted milk fed lamb

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Beef

Roast beef tenderloin with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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Sea fish

Sea bass fillets with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Poultry

Duck Apicius

Duck with honey and spices.

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Poultry

Braised squab

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : liquid from the cooking with butter, chopped parsley and lemon.

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit roasted kid goat and persillade

Persillade : mixture of parsley and garlic chopped with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil.

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Cheeses

Death & Taxes

United States. California.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with washed rind.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Melon sorbet

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