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Meal families

Main meals

Reblochonnade

Grilled Reblochon cheese baked in the oven, served with cold cuts or bacon and potatoes.

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Pork

Pork chop with charcutiere sauce

Charcutière sauce  : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.

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Poultry

Duck in a salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Choucroute garnie

Cooked sauerkraut served with cured meats, meat, and potatoes, accompanied by Alsatian beer or Alsace white wine.

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Salads

Caux-style salad

Potato-based salad with diced ham, chervil, watercress, and a cream and cider vinegar dressing.

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Main meals

Pike-perch matelote with pinot noir

Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with herbs

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

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Poultry

Stuffed goose

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Sauces

Green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Appetizers

Vegetable samosa

Samosa : triangular pastry filled with spiced vegetables (carrot, onion, peas, potato, etc) and spices (coriander, turmeric, chili), with thin, golden and crispy dough.

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Main meals

Baked Mont d’or

Baked Vacherin Mont-d'Or cheese.

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Desserts

Tarte Tatin

Tart with upside-down apples caramelized in butter and sugar.

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