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Meal families

Cheeses

Chavroux

Industrial soft cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk.

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Desserts

Pineapple aumoniere

Diced pineapple cooked in filo pastry.

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Freshwater fish

Pike and leek purée with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Abbaye de Tamié

France. Savoie.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Consommé and Soup

Fish a la nage in a beurre blanc sauce

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Desserts

Cofee charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Duck Montmorency

Duck served with a poultry cream sauce and Montmorency cherries.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster bisque

Bisque : creamy soup of clear, shellfish stock.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chicken rice pilaf

Pilaf : wheat, quinoa or rice cooked in a seasoned broth in the oven or casserole.

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Condiments

Curry

Spicy preparation of yellow or orange color, very fragrant, ranging from very mild to very spicy.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared scallops with Noilly Prat

Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Beef

Rib steak with cooking salt

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sea fish

Grilled turbot with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Poultry

Alsatian roast goose

Stuffed goose serve with sauerkraut.

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Sauces

Tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidneys with mustard

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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