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Meal families

Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

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

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Poultry

Chicken wings with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Cheeses

Saint-Marcellin

France. Dauphiné.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek and scallop pie

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Game birds

Quail fillet with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Pork

Diots with polenta

Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Rabbit

Rabbit fricassee

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat

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.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Beef

Rib steak with red wine sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Cooked meats

Glazed ham

Glazed : spreading a shiny substance, often sweet, before finishing cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Warm starters

Pan fried duck foie gras escalope with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Game animals

Venison fillet with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

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