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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Ginger shrimp

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Veal

Classic blanquette de veau

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Saint-Nectaire fermier

France. Auvergne. Pays des monts-Dore (Cantal, Puy de Dôme).
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.
Bear the mention « Saint-Nectaire fermier".

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Rabbit

Roast rabbit with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Main meals

Prawn rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy paste or sauce composed of fruits or vegetables cut with crushed ginger, minced onions and chilli.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Cold starters

Pike mousseline with crawfish sauce

Mousseline : light culinary preparation to which whipped cream is added.

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Cooked meats

Grenier médocain

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Médoc.
Pork sausage made from pork stomachs, chitterlings and ham cut into strips cooked in a spicy, garlicky vegetable broth.

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Veal

Veal Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole dish with mushrooms, onion, tomato with white wine.

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Sea fish

Shad with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Poultry

Grilled duck breast and gratin dauphinois

Gratin dauphinois : dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

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Beef

Rump 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with horseradish

Horseradish : herb grown for its hot mustard-flavored root.

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Cheeses

Trillium

United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened triple cream pasteurized cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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Pork

Boudin blanc with black truffle

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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