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Meal families

Sea fish

Grilled darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Sauces

Horseradish sauce

Velouté with grated horseradish.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alle vongole

Clam pasta with parsley.

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Poultry

Duck bigarade

Bigarade sauce : sauce of veal stock with orange juice and oran.ge juice and zestvec du jus d’orange et du zeste d’orange.

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Cheeses

Brocciu passu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 21 days to 4 months maximum.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Duck pithivier

Puff pastry cake filled with duck confit, duck foie gras with mushrooms, onions and whiskey.

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Sauces

Perigueux sauce

White wine or Madeira reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles.

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Cheeses

Thomasville tomme

United States. Georgia.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with natural rind.

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Salads

Vegetable salad with toro and anchovies

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

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Sea fish

Sea Bream carpaccio with lemon sauce

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

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Poultry

Confit duck leg with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Game animals

Haunch of venison with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Imperial fried shrimp

Fried prawns with a spicy sauce (ginger, chilli, pepper, soy, ...) and cashew nuts.

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