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Soupe du jour : Composée

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Challenge : renewing the soupe du jour (daily soup) with what is in the fridge. There was the simmered base of the previous soup : Soupe du jour : vert de poireau So simmered daikon and leek greens. That needed salt and pepper.[...]

This weeks du jour menu

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New Forest venison carpaccio pickled mousserons, pine nuts,smoked Lyburn cheese, sorrel, smoked pepper, juniper sour cream This is a very delicate starter. It is a dish that needs a balance of flavours and good seasoning.[...]

This weeks du jour menu

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Chilled white gazpacho with compressed melon, cucumber and white grape Wild halibut fillet poached in a tumeric and lime leaf nage, curry cured duck egg yolk, mango vinegar froth and thai basil Herefordshire beef fillet glazed with[...]

This weeks du jour menu

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Warm beetroot soup with sour cream and saffron floating island Hampshire Brown crab cocktail, roasted seeds and nuts, marie rose sorbet Teriyaki glazed pork belly, seared scallop, poached mushrooms, shallot and ginger confit[...]

Febuary 9th du jour menu

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Scallop and rosemary brochette orange scented crosnes, rye crumble, Jerusalem artichoke veloute Pressed leeks "a la ficelle" and king prawn saffron marinated mussels, razor clam, mussel vinaigrette Sous vide pork loin cipollini[...]

Soup de Jour ~ Beef Barley

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Making a pot of soup isn't an exact science. I usually assess what I have on hand and let the ingredients dictate what will be on the day's menu. Our weather has been typical for November: cold, windy and wet, so I wanted a good, hearty[...]

Soupe du jour : TBC velours

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TBC, tofu, beetroot, coriander. Velours means velvet. Momen tofu, cotton tofu. A beetroot, produced in Nagano. It is a new vegetable here, exotic and rare. 4 ingredients for the soup : lightly boiled[...]

Salade du jour : wood berries

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A quick salad lunch. Easy and fruity. Stir-fried duck meat, celery, yellow paprika, rocket (aragula), parsley, (frozen) blueberries… The second berry touch is in raspberry flavored wine vinegar used to[...]

Soupe du jour : potage Crécy

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A cloud of carotene, from the time French dishes had funny names full of history. Like the streets, that’s fun to try to know the origine. So there was a bloody battle in Crécy and then a reddish soup was created… Nooooo ! It[...]

Soupe du jour : avocat fantaisie

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The daily soup is a mix of veggie, creamed by avocado. As usual, quick, simple, cooked and raw. Cooked : broccoli stalks, kabocha pumpkin skin (as flesh was used). Steamed : shishito Raw : lime flesh and juice, mizuna leaves, natural sea[...]