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Meal families

Game animals

Saddle of hare with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood skewers

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Sea fish

Stockfish

Cod salted then air-dried.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with garlic and thyme

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

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Poultry

Salmi of pigeon

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Desserts

French king cake

Brioche with candied fruit flavored with orange blossom.

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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

Salmi of pigeon and mallard

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte with red wine

Rabbit stew with red wine.

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Consommé and Soup

Fish soup

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Sea fish

Brill with sorrel sauce

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

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