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Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouille of Vire with cider sauce

Andouille : pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.
Cider sauce : cider, butter, fresh cream, shallots and white wine.
Served hot.

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Rabbit

Young rabbit fillet with white sauce

White sauce : heated flour and butter to which a hot liquid is added (broth, water, cooking juices, wine).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop fricassee

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

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Sea fish

Salmon soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Quicke’s traditional cheddar

United Kingdom. Devon.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind coated with lard and wrapped in muslin cloth.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Desserts

Cofee bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Cheeses

Gratte-paille

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple cream cow's milk cheese, soft-ripened with white mould rind.

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Main meals

Tajine

Stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sea fish

Bluefin tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs soup

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Territoire de Belfort.
Vegetable broth with frog legs.

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Sea fish

Stuffed sea bass filets façon bourgeoise

Façon bourgeoise : preparation with breadcrumbs, button mushroom, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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