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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
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
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
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
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:
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:
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
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)
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