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Meal families

Rabbit

Roast rabbit with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Beef

Tagliata

Italian cuisine.
Thin slices of grilled beef served with arugula salad, parmesan shavings and virgin sauce.

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Cooked meats

Hare pâté with mushrooms

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Main meals

Fish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Desserts

Praline mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Eggs

Meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

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Poultry

Stuffed turkey

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Chicken with morels and vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Main meals

Tartiflette

Gratin dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon bits, baked with Reblochon cheese.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Sauces

Cocktail sauce

Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.

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