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Meal families

Warm starters

Lobster raviole with cream

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Cheeses

Imokilly Regato

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow’s milk hard cheese with a natural rind.
Matured : 9-12 months.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with parsley sauce

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Desserts

Red fruit charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with garlic cream

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

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Cold starters

Langoustines with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Beef

Pastrami

Beef salted, smoked and cut in thin slices.

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Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Desserts

Plum pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Veal

Veal Marengo

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

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Poultry

Confit duck leg with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Warm starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Cheeses

Neufchâtel

France. Normandy. Neufchatel-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Cheeses

Montasio fresco

Italy. Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese with brushed rind.
Ripening : 2 months maximum.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and white wine sauce with shallots and fennel

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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