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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry bayadere with mascarpone mousse

Bayadère : alternating stripes of different colours.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk-fed lamb with potato gratin and morels

Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.

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Cheeses

Santranges

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cookie

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Poultry

Steamed chicken supreme stuffed with herbs

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Strawberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Miscellaneous

Lamb pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with thinly sliced lamb, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Seafish

Cod with saffron

Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.

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Cured Meats

Pâté de campagne with black pepper

Pâté made with coarsely chopped ingredients such as pork, flavored with herbs and spices, and cooked in a terracotta dish.
Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with sweet spices

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.
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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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Raspberry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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