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APPETIZERS
Seafood
  • Seafood crepes
  • Scallops Provencales (Tomato concasse, garlic, onion, herbs, white wine)
  • Scallops Bretonnes (Crème fraiche, white, shallots)
  • Mussels salad with basil vinaigrette
  • Smoked salmon mousse with dill and toasts
  • Casserole d’escargots (snails) in garlic cream
  • Tomato basket with shrimps cocktail and avocado
Quiches Quiche
  • Asparagus
  • Lorraine (ham & cheese)
  • Spinach and goat cheese
  • Smoked salmon
  • Tomato and basil
  • Leeks, blue cheese and bacon
  • Brie and mushroom
  • Chicken and roasted peppers
Vegetables
  • Mushrooms and Gruyere cheese crepes
  • Papeton de courgettes (tomato concasse and goat cheese wrapped in zucchini)
  • Carrot cake with chervil and asparagus puree
  • Goat cheese soufflé on a bed of mesclun
SOUPS
  • Soupe a l’Oignon (Traditional French Onion Soup)
  • Mushroom Soup
  • Potage aux Legumes (Cream of fresh vegetables)
  • Soupe au Pistou (Beans & vegetables Soup, Provencal recipe with Pesto & 3 Cheeses)
SALADS
Quiche
  • Taboule (Lebanese salad of couscous, tomato, herbs & onion)
  • Salade de Riz au Pistou (rice salad with fresh pesto)
  • Salade Capri (tomato, mozzarella, basil, olive oil vinaigrette)
  • Salade d’Epinards aux noix et Gruyere: (spinach, walnuts & Gruyere cheese)
  • Salade Nicoise (tomatoes, green beans, peppers, olives, anchovies, celery)
  • Salade de Pommes de Terre (potato salad with Gouda & Roquefort)
  • Salade de Champignons (mushrooms salad with lemon vinaigrette)
  • Salade d’Orange a la menthe (Orange salad with fresh mint);-
  • Raspberry, Balsamic, Lemon or Dijon mustard vinaigrette with romaine or mixed greens
ENTREES
Include fresh vegetable and starch, a green salad, & French baguette.
Chicken
  • Poulet Provencal: sautéed in wine sauce with tomatoes & fresh herbs
  • Poulet aux Champignons; sautéed with a mushroom duxelle
  • Poulet sauce moutarde: with a creamy Dijon mustard sauce
  • Poulet a l’Estragon: with tarragon sauce
  • Coq au Vin
Pork
  • Jambon a l’ananas: ham with pineapple & Madeira sauce
  • Porc en Croute: Tenderloin in puff pastry with mustard sauce
  • Porc a l’Estragon: with tarragon sauce
Fish Quiche
  • Saumon a l’Aneth: Salmon terrine served with a dill sauce
  • Terrine de Saumon: Salmon mousse (with asparagus puree or red pepper puree)
  • Bouchee aux fruits de mer: Mixed seafood in puff pastry
  • Pates aux fruits de mer: pasta with mixed seafood & lobster sauce
  • Salmon Coulibiac : in puff pastry with mushrooms and spinach
Lamb
  • Gigot d’Agneau a l’ail et au romarin: roasted leg of lamb with rosemary & garlic
Beef
  • Hachis Parmentier (French shepherd pie)
  • Boeuf Bourguignon: sautéed in red wine sauce with little vegetables
  • Boeuf en croute: in puff pastry
  • Filet sauce au poivre vert:: with green peppercorn sauce
  • Filet aux morilles: with a morels sauce
  • Primerib with horseradih and hot mango chutney
VEGETABLES
  • French potato gratin
  • Ratatouille: Provencal dish of vegetables & fresh herbs
  • Baked potato with Roquefort cheese
  • Roasted Baby red Potatoes with garlic & rosemary
  • Potatoes stuffed with mushrooms, spinach & Gruyere cheese
  • Sautéed Haricots verts (French green beans)
  • Mashed potatoes (with garlic)
  • Potato gratin with wild mushrooms
  • Pasta (fettucine or penne) with fresh pesto
  • Pasta (fettucine or penne) with wild mushrooms
  • Grilled tomatoes with tapenade & cheese
  • Eggplant & zucchini with Parmesan & Mozzarella
  • Cauliflower gratin
  • Vegetable Napoleon (eggplant, zucchini, tomato, onion, potato, mozzarella, goat cheese)
DESSERTS
for lunch or dinner party
  • Light Apple tart on puff pastry crust with apricot puree
  • Light Pear tart on puff pastry
  • Strawberry and Kiwi tartlets
  • Pear Napoleons with honey sauce
  • Quiche
  • Tarte Tatin: our famous Tarte Tatin with caramelized apples and creme fraiche
  • Raspberry napoleons
  • Profiterolles: cream puff ,vanilla ice cream, roasted almonds and hot chocolate sauce
  • Chocolate Marquise: flourless chocolate mousse cake with raspberry puree
  • Crepe Suzette
  • Crepe filled with raspberries or banana
  • Fraisier: genoise, cherry brandy butter cream strawberries (see our wedding cakes)
  • Mixed Fruits tartlet
  • Babette’s Chocolate cake : 3 layers,62% cocoa with kalua or grand marnier
  • Poirier : genoise, cherry brandy butter cream, pears (see our wedding cakes)
  • Saint Honore; a small version of the Croquembouche with Chantilly cream
  • Delice: genoise with a fruit mousse (strawberry or raspberry) and fresh fruits
  • Succes praline: chocolate genoise, chocolate mousse, caramel praline mousse, chocolate ganache
  • Chocolate Nougat: chocolate genoise, chocolate nougat mousse, almond
  • Chocolate Pistachio: chocolate genoise, chocolate pistachio mousse, pistachio
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
Menu 1:
  • Quiche Lorraine (ham & Gruyere cheese)
  • Terrine of vegetables
  • Fresh fruits salad (grapes, strawberries, kiwis, oranges) with a fruit puree
  • Brioche with butter and marmalade
  • Coffee, Tea, fruit juice
Menu 2: Quiche
  • Smoked salmon on blinis with dill cream
  • Asparagus quiche
  • Strawberries & kiwis salad
  • Assorted French croissants (butter, almond, chocolate, raspberry, raisin)
  • Coffee, tea, fruit juice
Menu 3:
  • Seafood crepe (scallops, shrimps, trout)
  • Sautéed mushrooms
  • Oranges & raspberries salad
  • Strawberry & kiwi tartlets
  • Choice of 2 croissants
  • Coffee, tea, fruit juice
Continental breakfast:
  • Choose 2 French pastries from the following assortment: butter croissant, chocolate croissant, raspberry croissant, raisin croissant, almond croissant, apple turnover, brioche & fruit juice, fresh fruits on skewer, yogurt, coffee and tea
We will work with you to make any change in the menu selection.
HORS D’OEUVRES
Finger Food for Cocktail Parties
Cold Hors d’Oeuvres with Vegetables:
  • Cherry Tomatoes filled with fresh Pesto
  • Cherry Tomatoes filled with Goat cheese & fresh Herbs
  • Artichoke Hearts filled with Tapenade (black olive dip)
  • Baby Red Potatoes filled with Tapenade
  • Platter of Vegetables with Curry dip, Aioli (garlic dip) or Tapenade (minimum 10 persons)
  • Crostini topped with Mediterranean salsa
Hot Hors d’Oeuvres with Vegetables: Quiche
  • Stuffed muhrooms
  • Baby Red Potatoes Florentine: filled with spinach, Gruyere cheese & mushrooms
Mini Crepes (served hot):
  • Seafood Crepes
  • Gruyere cheese & mushroom Crepes
Choux puff (served cold):
  • Choux filled with creamed Roquefort cheese & Pear
  • Choux filled with Roasted Red Peppers & Goat cheese
  • Choux filled with taboule salad (couscous, tomatoes, onions, fresh herbs)
Mini Quiches (Our famous homemade quiches, served hot):
  • Mini Quiches with Asparagus
  • Mini Quiches with spinach and goat cheese
  • Mini Quiches with Tomato & Basil
  • Mini Quiches Lorraines (ham & cheese)
  • Mini Quiches with Smoked Salmon
  • Mini Quiches with Brie and mushroom
  • Mini Quiches with leeks, blue cheese and bacon
  • Mini Quiches with chicken and roasted pepper
  • Mini Quiches with artichoke hearts and feta
Feuilletes or Bouchees (puff pastry served hot):
  • Mini ham & Cheese croissants
  • Feuilletes with Spinach & Gruyere cheese
  • Mini Palmiers with our own pesto
  • Lamb and cheese strudel
  • Puffed pastry with caramelized onion
Hot hors d’Oeuvres with meat or seafood:
  • Smoked salmon roulade
  • Chiche kebab with Shrimps and hot Tandoori sauce
  • Oriental meat balls with hot Mango Chutney
  • Quiche
  • Our famous Samoussas (North Africa feuillete with spicy beef)
  • Beef Canapés (flavorful beef tenderloin on French baguette with Onion confit & Dijon mustard)
  • Baked Plums wrapped in bacon
  • Puff pastry bouchees filled with Crabmeat Creole
  • Our Pyramid of jumbo Shrimps served with hot Mango Chutney (8 to 12 per Lb)
  • Chicken curry on skewer (spicy)
  • Prociutto melon balls
  • Colossal shrimp with lime/garlic sauce
Pates & Terrines:
  • Duck Pate a l’Orange on French baguette
  • Pork Pate with Truffles & Cognac on French baguette
  • Smoked Salmon Mousse with dill on cucumber
Cheeses:
  • Cream of Brie served on French baguette
  • Baked Brie (1kg) in puff pastry with hazelnuts
  • Gougeres with creamed Roquefort & Pear
  • French Cheeses Platter: Brie, Gruyere, Boursin, Roquefort, with French baguette, Grapes (minimum 20 persons)
  • Mini goat cheese souffle
  • Goat cheese crisps with mushroom
DESSERTS
For finger food or dinner parties
With Fruits
  • Mini strawberry & kiwi tartlets with cherry brandy pastry cream
  • Fresh Fruit Skewers with chocolate sauce
  • Mini pear & almond cream tartlets
  • Mini lemon meringue tartlets
  • Mini blackberry tartlets (in season)
  • Quiche
  • Mini tartlets with red & black currents (in season)
  • Mini Raspberry crème brulee
  • Mini mixed fruits tartlets
  • Mini apple pie Normandy
  • Large Strawberry dipped chocolate (in season)
Choux (Cream puff)
  • Cream puff with coffee cream
  • Cream puff with fresh fruits & mousseline cream
  • Mini Éclairs with caramel, or chocolate
Chocolate
  • Mini tartlets with chocolate mousse and fresh raspberry
  • Mini duo of chocolate mousse with raspberry
  • Truffles: Grand marnier, Rum & raisin, Hazelnut, Chocolate pistachio, Chocolate Nougat
Mini Cakes
  • Mini Fraisier: genoise, butter cream & fresh strawberries
  • Mini Poirier; genoise, butter cream & poached pears
  • Mini Framboisier; genoise, butter cream, lemon cream & fresh raspberries
  • Mini Babette’s chocolate cakes
  • Madeleines with orange peel and chocolate
  • Mini meringues with lemon curd
  • Mini Rum Baba
  • Mini Chocolate Pistachio cakes
  • Mini Chocolate Nougat cakes
  • Mini Succes praline: genoise, chocolate, hazelnut & caramel mousse