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Meal families

Offal and tripe

Lamb brain with browned butter

Brown butter : cooked until a clear brown color and smells nutty poured through a strainer into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek with carrots

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with endive fondue

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cheeses

Robiola di Roccaverano

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Soft-ripened cheese from unpasteurised goat's, sheep's and/or cow’s milk with a natural rind.

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Salads

Mesclun

Salad with a mixture of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, baby spinach, arugula, escarole, radicchio and aromatic plants.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza pescatore

Pizza prepared with mussels and squid.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak with cep mushrooms

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

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Consommé and Soup

Meatball soup

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Sea fish

Cod with onion and tomato

Cod stew served with a sauce of roasted red peppers and tomatoes.

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Poultry

Squab with duck foie gras

Squab stuffed with duck foie gras

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Sea fish

Red mullet with sorrel sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb shank with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes pinzimonio

Pinzimonio : raw vegetables soaked with seasoned olive oil.

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