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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffled potato cake

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin

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Desserts

Pineapple aumoniere

Diced pineapple cooked in filo pastry.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon with hollandaise sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose

Pair according to the stuffing.

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Offal and tripe

Venetian calf’s liver

Venetian : cooked with sweet onions and deglazed with balsamic vinegar.

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Desserts

Eton mess

English speciality.
Dessert made with strawberries, pieces of meringue, and cream.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rump steak

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Freshwater fish

Gefilte fish

Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
Stuffed fish (with pike, hake… and served sliced) or large fish balls topped with a slice of carrot with a horseradish sauce.
Serve cold or warm.

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Cheeses

Chiriboga

Germany. Allgäu.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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