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Menu tomato : a summer day on the terrace

"Noire de Crimée" heirloom tomato mousse over eggplant caviar, matchstick chip flavored with fleur de sel and Basque paprika

Every year Christian Etienne, master chef of Provence, invents a new menu dedicated to this fruit/vegetable filled with color and sun. The table is set with light cotton, the flavorful tasting can begin!

Every year the tomato is the basis of this summer menu, the dishes varying with the finds and inventions of Christian Etienne.
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"Noire de Crimée" heirloom tomato mousse over eggplant caviar, matchstick chip flavored with fleur de sel and Basque paprika Traditional tomato tartare three different ways, with basil,  summer salad with olive oil dressing Tiger prawns with mini-croûtons, tomato concassée, confit of "Roma" tomato slivers,  crushed shell reduction with picholine olive oil
Chèvre cheesecake,"Marmande" heirloom tomato concassée,vinaigrette with basil and pine nuts Braised belly of lamb, dried tomatoes,slow-cooked baby fennel, espagnole sauce Classic Provençal sandwich moistened with tomato water, buffalo mozzarella, confit of cherry tomatoes, and shredded zucchini
    Caramelized tomato cluster with dried fruit, vanilla pannacotta, marjoram ice

"Noire de Crimée" heirloom tomato mousse over eggplant caviar, matchstick chip flavored with fleur de sel and Basque paprika
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Traditional tomato tartare three different ways, with basil, summer salad with olive oil dressing
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Tiger prawns with mini-croûtons, tomato concassée, confit of "Roma" tomato slivers, crushed shell reduction with picholine olive oil
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Chèvre cheesecake,"Marmande" heirloom tomato concassée,vinaigrette with basil and pine nuts
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Braised belly of lamb, dried tomatoes,slow-cooked baby fennel, espagnole sauce
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Classic Provençal sandwich moistened with tomato water, buffalo mozzarella, confit of cherry tomatoes, and shredded zucchini
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Caramelized tomato cluster with dried fruit, vanilla pannacotta, marjoram ice

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