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Meal families

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pheasant pie

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Macaroni gratin

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Sea fish

Roasted turbot with shallot confit and red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Sauces

Poulette sauce

Velouté sauce with mushroom stock finished with chopped parsley and lemon juice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Imam bayildi

Turkey.
Braised eggplants stuffed with garlic, onion, tomato in olive oil and simmered in the oven.
Served with rice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood lasagne

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Newberg

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with spices

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Others

Almas caviar

Caviar from Iran.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spring vegetables in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Beef

Beef daube with black olives

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Warm starters

Snails in puff pastry

Dish made with puff pastry.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chanterelle with cream

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Poultry

Chicken with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with fresh cream, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Desserts

Diplomat

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a layer of custard filled with candied fruit and covered with whipped cream topped with a candied cherry.

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Cheeses

Le berger basque

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Poultry

Pigeon 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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