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Meal families

Cold starters

Prawn cocktail

Shrimp salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).

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Eggs

Cloud eggs

Whipped egg whites with egg yolk and grated cheese.

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Desserts

Frangipane tart

Frangipane: almond based cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum mixed with pastry cream.

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Cold starters

Smoked salmon in aspic with Champagne

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Pork

Portuguese-style pork roast

Baked pork roast with paprika, chicken stock and white wine.

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Cheeses

Dirt lover

United States. Missouri.
Soft-ripened pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Eggs

La mère Poulard omelette

Soufflé omelette cooked over a wood fire.

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Desserts

Chocolate pavé

Chocolate cake cut into cubes.

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Sea fish

John Dory and 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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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Sauces

Barbecue sauce

Sauce made from tomato and vinegar with a smoky note and various ingredients (garlic, oil, onion, honey, mustard, paprika, chili pepper, etc.).

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with thyme

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb stuffed with black truffle

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Arcachon european flat oyster Bordeaux style

Gravette : Bassin d'Arcachon oyster.
Bordeaux style : with sausages.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho

Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, oil, salt and vinegar.

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