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Meal families

Veal

Veal tenderloin with morel sauce

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm) cut in small round pieces like tournedos from the loin.
Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Veal

Veal chop casserole

Veal chop with bacon, potato, onion, chicken stock and butter.

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Desserts

Quince crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pheasant pie

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Poultry

Duck 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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Desserts

Pear dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Desserts

Canelé of Bordeaux

Bordeaux speciality.

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Desserts

Chocolate Saint-Honoré

Puff or shortcrust pastry coated with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream puff topped with caramel around. The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or chiboust cream (custard mixed with Italian meringue).

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Poultry

Stuffed capon with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : cream sauce with vin jaune (Jura wine) and shallot.

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Main meals

Mique lotoise

France. Quercy.
A type of bread ball cooked in broth with meat (usually salt pork or ribs and shank, sometimes andouille sausage) and vegetables (carrot, cabbage, turnip, leek, potato).
Served hot or cold.

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Main meals

Duck hachis parmentier

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Beef

Rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Desserts

Red fruit bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Beef

Roast beef tournedos

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.

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Cheeses

Cabécou de Livernon

France. Quercy.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.

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