FRENCH CLASSICAL MENU

FRENCH ENGLISH
1.Hors-d oeuvre Appetizer

2. Potage Soup STARTER

3. Oeuf Egg
4. Farineaux Pasta or Rice
5. Poisson Fish
6. Entrée Entree
7. Sorbet Sorbet
8. Releve Joints MAIN-COURSE
9. Rôti Roast
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10. Legumes Vegetables

11. Salade salad
12. Buffet Froid Cold buffet
13. Entremet Sweets
14. Savoureux Savory
15. Fromage Cheese AFTER
16. Dessert Cut Fruits & Nuts
17. Boissons Beverage
 1.Hors-D Oeuvre
They are of spicy in nature in order to stimulate the
appetite, the term is accepted as a meaning of
variety of pickled or well seasoned food stuffs . They
are either served from a rotating trolley or a tray a
small amount of each variety being placed on the
plate to make up a portion.
Hors-d-oeuvre can be classified into two types:
1. Cold and
2. Hot

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Hors d'oeuvre can serve by
Hors d'oeuvre troley :

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Cold hors d'oeuvres include the following

1. Fish roes;
2. Stuffed or jellied eggs
3. Assorted salads;
4. Stuffed grapefruit
5. Prawn cock-tail;
6. Charcuteries
7. Russian Salad
8. Shellfish cocktail : - prawns or shrimps on a bed of
shredded lettuce covered with tomato flavoured
mayonnaise.
9. Pate maison : - goose or chicken liver, cooked , sieved
and well seasoned

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Hot hors d'oeuvres include:
•Vols-au-vent,
•Croquettes,
•Rissoles,
•Kromeskies,
•Fritters,
•Fritots,

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 hors-d'oeuvre substitutes
The term hors d oeuvre also covers any items which are served before the soup
usually known as hors d oeuvres substitutes.

Examples of hors-d'oeuvre substitutes are:

•Caviar - the roe of the sturgeon
•Shellfish cocktail - prawns or shrimps on a bed
of shredded lettuce (chiffonade) and coated with
tomato-flavoured mayonnaise

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•Melon frappe- chilled melon
•Saumon fumé - smoked salmon
•Pate maison - goose or chicken liver, cooked,
sieved and well seasoned
•Huitres - oysters
•Escargots - snails
•Moules mariniere - mussels in a rich, fish-
flavoured sauce
•Truite fume - smoked trout
•Cocktail Florida - orange and grapefruit
segments presented in the form of a fruit cocktail

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 HOW TO Serve
They are arranged in hors-d'oeuvre dishes, on
plates, or in glass dishes. Hors-d'oeuvre dishes
are small and usually oblong or rectangular; at
least two are used together, so that different foods
can be displayed without mixing them. These
dishes can be arranged in fours or sixes in a ring
or some other pattern, to present the hors
d'oeuvres as attractively as possible.

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 2.Potage
Soup may also act as an appetizer for the courses to come. Two types
of soups are generally provided on the menu one being the clear
soup(consommé) and the other a thick soup (crème, veloute,
puree). Although it must be noted that the clear soup is always
placed first on the menu.
SOUP

THIN COLD SOUPS INTERNATIONAL THICK

UNPASSED PASSED

BROTH CONSOMME

VELOUTES
PUREE CHOWDER BISQUES

CREAM

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Examples : -
Tortue Claire : - clear turtle soup
Consommé julienne : - clear soup garnished
with strips of root vegetables
Consommé celestine : - clear soup garnished
with strips of savoury pancakes.
Bisque d homard :- thick lobster- flavored
soup
Crème de tomates : - cream of tomato
Soup a l oignon : - clear onion soup
 3.Oeuf
They are the round or oval reproductive
body laid by the female of many
animals, containing the developing
embryo and its food reserves and
protected by a shell or skin. Although
the eggs of many birds, fish, and even
reptiles can be used as food, the word
'egg' unqualified applies exclusively to
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Examples of egg dishes are:
Omelette espagnole – Flat omelette with onions,
peppers and tomatoes

Omelette aux tomates : - tomato omelette

Omlette aux champignons : - mushroom omelette

Oeuf poche florentine : - poached egg on a bed of

spinach coated with cheese sauce & gratinated

Oeuf brouille au lard : - scrambled egg with bacon.

 4.Farinaceous/ Farineaux
This course contains flour, or a
high content of starch. The
term is applied particularly to
cereal and pulses having high
content of starch.

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Examples of farinaceous dishes are: -
•Spaghetti napolitine – spaghetti in a tomato- and
garlic- flavoured sauce.

•Ravioli : - noodle type pasta filled with a variety of

stuffing, such as chicken, beef, and spinach

•Cannelloni : - rolls of ravioli paste filled with stuffing as

for ravioli.

•Gnocchi romaine – semolina based.

•Spaghetti bolognaise – spaghetti blended with minced

lean beef with rich brown sauce.
 5.Poissons
Fish is soft-fibred and tender flesh which is
easily digested and helps to prepare the
appetite for the heavier courses to come.
Fish are classified into two broad groups,
according to their skeletons:
• Cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays, dogfish, skate)
and
•Bony fish (the vast majority).

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The method of cooking and type of fish used may
vary to some extent, but will be normally be as
follows: -

Poached : - Salmon, Trout, Turbout (each with its

appropriate garnish and accompanying sauce).

Fried : - Whitebait, sole(sometimes)

Hot Shellfish : - Lobster, crayfish, Dublin bay prawns.

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 Examples of poisson dishes are: -
Sole meuniere : - Sole shallow fried in butter.

Sole colbert : - Sole, flour, egg and bread crumbed and

deep fried. (fillets).

Sole cubat : - fillet of sole poached, dressed on a

mushrooms puree and coated with a cheese sauce.

Darne de saumon grillee, sauce bearnaise – salmon

cutlet grilled with an egg- and butter based sauce
flavoured with tarragon.

Homard Newburg : - Lobster served with thickened

sauce of fish stock and cream flavoured with brandy and
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 6.Entrèe
Entrées are generally small, well garnished
dishes which come from the kitchen ready
for service. They are always accompanied
by very rich gravy or sauce when releve
follow entrée then potatoes and
vegetables are not served with the latter;
if, however a releve does not follow the
entrée they would be served with the dish

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Examples of this type of dish are : -
Poulet saute chasseur : - saute chicken in a rich
brown sauce flavoured with tomatoes and
mushroom.
Supreme de volaille sur cloche – breast and
wing of chicken cooked under a cover in oven.
Kebab orientale: - savoury items cooked on a
skewer.
Steak Daine : - minute steak shallow fried and
flavoured with onions and mushrooms finished
with red wine or cream.
Chateaubriand : - double fillet steak grilled.
 7.Sorbet
Because of the length of the French classical menu, this
course is considered to be the rest between courses.

The sorbet must therefore be able to counteract the

richness of dishes already served and build up the
appetite of the dishes to follow.
The sorbet is a water ice plus Italian Meringue flavored
with champagne or a liqueur. It should be piped in to a
champagne glass which should then be served on an
underplate with a teaspoon.
At this stage of the meal cigarettes were passed,
traditionally these were Russian cigarettes and
sometimes the first speech was given
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 8.Releves
Releves are normally larger than entrees and take the form
of butcher’s joints which have to be carved. These joints
are normally roasted. A sauce or a roast gravy with
potatoes and green vegetables are always served with
this course.
The main dish will consist any of the following: -
Saddle of mutton, baron of beef, boned sirloin, braised
ham.
Contrefilet de boeuf roti a l anglaise : - boned and
roasted sirloin of beef.
Carre d agneau roti : - roast best end of lamb
Cuissot de porc roti puree de pommes : - roast leg of
pork with apple sauce.
Gigot d agneau roti sauce menthe : - roast leg of lamb
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 9.RÔTI
Roast always contain roast game or
poultry: - chicken, turkey, duck,
pheasant, quail. Each dish is
accompanied by its own particular
sauce and gravy, with a green salad
served separately on a cresent
shaped dish. The latter is placed at
the top left hand corner of the cover

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 10.LÈGUMES

At this stage the balance of the courses is

gradually returning from heavy to light. We now
have a vegetable dish served only with its
accompanying sauce. Such vegetables. Such
vegetables are artichokes, asparagus & corn on
the cob, with hollandaise sauce ( an egg and
butter based sauce) or beurre fondue( melted
butter) offered seperately, in classic functions
these legumes may be served on their own as a
separate vegetable course.

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Legumes to accompany main course might be

Puree de pommes-de-terre : - creamed potatoes

Pommes sautees: - potaoes boiled in skins peeled sliced and

shalow fried.

Pommes Frites : - Deep fried potatoes.

Pommes au four: - baked jacket potato

Champignons grilles : - grilled mushrooms

Choufleur mornay: - cauliflower with a cheese sauce.

Haricots verts au beurre: - French beans tossed in butter

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 11.SALADES
Examples of salades are: -

Salade francaise : - lettuce, tomato, egg, &

vinaigrette dressings.

Salade vert: - Lettuce, watercress,

cucumber and green pepper.

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 12.BUFFET FROID
Examples of cold buffet items are: -

Poulet roti : - Roast chicken

Caneton Roti: - Roast Duck

Mayonnaise d hommard: - lobster mayonnaise

Galantine de volaille: - Cold chicken coated with a

chicken flavoured sauce and decorated, then coated in
aspic.

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 13.ENTREMETS
The sweet may be hot or cold.
Souffles, crepes(pancakes), coupes(ice cream dishes)
Other examples:-
Crepe suzette : - pancakes in a rich fresh orange juice and flamed
with brandy.
Ananas Flambes au kirsch: - Pineapple flamed with cherry flavoured
liquor.
Peche Melba: - Vanilla Ice cream topped with a peach coated with a
raspberry jam sauce and decorated with cream.
Bombes : - various Ice cream sweets.

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 14.SAVOUREUX
Savouries may take the form of savoury items served hot on toast or
as a savoury souffle.

Welsh rarebit: - Cheese sauce Flavoured with ale on toast

gratinated.
Canape Daine :- Chicken livers rolled in bacon and grilled, placed
on a warm toast.

Champignons sur croute: - mushrooms on toast.

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 15.FROMAGES
All type of cheese may be offered together with appropriate
accompaniments, the ideal cheese board will combine hard, semi-
hard, soft or cream, blue and fresh cheese.
Cheddar hard England

Edam hard Holland

Brie soft France

Demi-sel soft France

Caerphilly semi-hard Wales

Ricotta Fresh Italy

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 16.DESSERTS

All forms of Fresh Fruits and nuts may be

served accompanied by castor sugar and
salt

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 17.BOISSONS
Examples are: -
Coffee: - Cona, Cafetiere, Iced, Filter, Speciality,
Decaffeinated.

Tea: - Indian, Ceylon, Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Orange

Pekoe

Always remember that while compiling menus beverages

are not counted as a course.

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