Starter of Quail, sous vide Quail breast, confit Quail leg, soft boiled Quail egg on a nest of violet potato, girolles mushrooms, wilted spinach, puy lentils & Quail & thyme sauce.
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Bouillbaisse !
Bouillbaisse is a classic french fish stew from Marseille usually served in a deep bowl, on the Rosa we serve all the components laid out on a plate so they can be seen clearly, then at the table we pour the thick rich sauce onto the plate which brings the dish alive in front of…
Chocolate & Cherry
A new new dessert aboard the Rosa this season, a tempered chocolate filled with chocolate, hazelnut & almond praline at the bottom, covered with a milk chocolate mousse, served with chocolate coated cherries, fresh cherries, kirsch soaked griottines cherries hazelnut caramel spears, chocolate soil & a cherry sorbet.
Canapés
Canapes from the welcome aboard last week on the Rosa, tomato gazpacho in little glasses & a cheese brûlée topped with wild asparagus tips. Every week we have a welcome aboard with a selection of canapés & Champagne ! Smoked salmon roulade with creme fraiche, lime & corriander with a tomato & goats cheese croustade.
Duck Rossini
alnut Another new dish from the Rosa for this season, in honour of Gascony is Duck Rossini using the breast & foie gras of Moulard duck, the breed used in foie gras production in the region, a cross between Muscovy & White Pekin duck. The duck breast was first cooked for 2 hours sous vide…
Lamb Provençal
New season on the Rosa, one of the new dishes on the Rosa, Lamb with Provençal vegetables. Fillet of lamb cooked sous vide at 49 degrees centigrade & then pan seared on a fondant potato pave, served with courgette, aubergine, red peppers & cherry tomatoes all individually cooked on a tomato, red pepper, herb de…
Venison & wild mushrooms
Loin of venison served with a wild mushroom pie filled with yellow & grey chanterelles & pied de mouton, caramelized parsnip purée, braised silver skin onions, wilted spinach & port & chocolate sauce.
Pumpkin & rhubarb
An unusual ingredient for dessert, set pumpkin creme served with sous vide poached rhubarb, Parkin ( Yorkshire gingerbread ) & rhubarb fluid gel. Parkin is a classic gingerbread that is very easy to make & keeps well in air tight container, it actually tastes better after a few days. Parkin recipe 55 g. …
Rabbit & Pickled Chanterelles
Loin of rabbit with prunes wrapped in Serrano ham, ragu of rabbit leg, rabbit kidneys, white carrot, baby carrot, carrot purée, pickled yellow chanterelles, spinach, madeira & marjoram sauce. A good way of preserving any excess wild mushrooms is to lightly pickle them, they will keep for upto six months in pickling jars in the…
Guinea fowl & carrots
Rolled supreme of Guinea fowl on a bed of spinach with purple & yellow carrots, baby carrots, braised silver skin onions, roasted ratte potatoes & Madeira sauce.
Classic Cassoulet
The most famous dish from Gascony is without doubt is cassoulet given its name from the dish that it is cooked & served in, Cassol d’Issel an earthenware pot from the town of Issel near Castlenaudary. Everywhere you go in this region of France seems to have its own variance on the recipe for Cassoulet,…
Buzet Appellation
On our Bordeaux cruise every Wednesday night we moor up at the village of Buzet-sur-Baise, approximately halfway between Agen & Bordeaux the Buzet appellation is made up of 27 villages between the Garonne river & Landes forest covering 18,000 hectares of vines. Wine has been produced in Buzet since Roman times & was formerly part…
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