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Fillet of Lamb

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Fillet of Lamb

Butter-basted lamb fillet, rosy within and bronzed outside, with new spring vegetables and a clear pan gravy. Filet d’agneau poêlé teaches the quiet heat and steady spooning that protect a tender cut.

Saddle and Neck of Lamb

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Saddle and Neck of Lamb

Selle et collet d’agneau turns two opposite cuts into one generous centerpiece: the saddle stays rosy beneath a truffled glaze, while the neck gives its depth to a clear, glossy jus.

Selle d’Agneau de Lait Édouard Vii

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Selle d’Agneau de Lait Édouard Vii

A whole milk-lamb saddle rebuilt around foie gras, black truffle, and Marsala, gently poached on bacon rind and chilled in amber jelly: the cold centerpiece that teaches patience, fit, and temperature.

Carré d’Agneau Beaucaire

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Carré d’Agneau Beaucaire

Carré d’Agneau Beaucaire brings the lower Rhône to one platter: a rosy, butter-browned rack set over tarragon tomato fondue, with tender half-artichokes drinking the lamb juices around it.

Carré d’Agneau en Cocotte à la Bonne Femme

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Carré d’Agneau en Cocotte à la Bonne Femme

Carré d’agneau teaches the quiet art of timing one pot: butter-bronzed lamb, sweet small onions, and shaped potatoes all arriving tender together, glossy with their own juices.

Carré d’Agneau à la Boulangère

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Carré d’Agneau à la Boulangère

Carré d’Agneau à la Boulangère sets a butter-browned rack over onions and thick potato rounds, letting the joint season its own garnish. The lesson is timing: one dish, two clocks, nothing wasted.

Carré d’Agneau Grillé

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Carré d’Agneau Grillé

Carré d’agneau grillé teaches the discipline of two heats: a slow buttered cook for rosy meat, then fresh butter and fine crumbs bronzed fast, with sharp mint sauce waiting at the table.

Carré d’Agneau Mireille

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Carré d’Agneau Mireille

A rosy rack of lamb settles over crisp-edged Pommes Anna streaked with artichoke, while repeated butter basting joins meat and potatoes into one generous dish for the table.

Carré d’Agneau Printanier

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Carré d’Agneau Printanier

Carré d’Agneau Printanier brings a butter-poëled rack to the table beside a cocotte of glazed spring vegetables, each cooked on its own clock, then finished together until bright, tender, and shining.

Carré d’Agneau Soubise

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Carré d’Agneau Soubise

Carré d’agneau Soubise proves that onion can become silk: a gently stewed rack, a pale purée passed through a fine sieve, and a last butter finish that makes the sauce gleam.

Carré d’Agneau à la Toscane

Chef Juliette

Carré d’Agneau à la Toscane

A butter-browned rack enclosed between two crisp potato layers under Parmesan, carried to the table in its baking dish with every savory juice held inside.

Leg and Shoulder of Lamb

Chef Juliette

Leg and Shoulder of Lamb

One joint, two faithful treatments: shoulder scored in a lattice and grilled over a moderate fire, or Gigot à la Boulangère (No. 1307), where lamb fat bronzes onions and potatoes.

Cutlets

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Cutlets

Eight lamb cutlets, two per person, take one of two classical crusts: butter and fine crumbs under fierce heat, or a denser coating fixed instantly in hot clarified butter.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait à la Buloz

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait à la Buloz

Tender milk-fed lamb cutlets wear a close Parmesan Béchamel coat and crisp crumb, then stand around truffled risotto, a lesson in setting one crust without overcooking the meat beneath.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Maréchale

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Maréchale

Côtelettes Maréchale turns panure à l’anglaise into ceremony: golden milk-fed lamb, black truffle on every cutlet, and butter-glossed asparagus gathered in the middle for a generous dinner-party platter.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Milanaise

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Milanaise

Parmesan-laced crumbs turn milk-fed lamb cutlets butter-gold while a rich macaroni garnish waits inside the ring, a lesson in setting a crust fast and serving it before tenderness slips away.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Morland

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Morland

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Morland sets delicate lamb beneath a truffle crust, then balances it with earthy mushroom purée and a fine thread of glossy meat glaze.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Navarraise

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Navarraise

Milk-fed lamb cutlets seared on one side, domed with ham, mushroom, red capsicum, and truffled Béchamel, then gratinéed and set over warm tomato halves with a bright thread of tomato sauce.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Nelson

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Nelson

Milk-fed lamb, butter-fried croûtons, foie gras, black truffle, and a light Parmesan soufflé meet in one disciplined assembly, with glossy asparagus at the center and every rich layer still distinct.

Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Farcies à la Périgueux

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Côtelettes d’Agneau de Lait Farcies à la Périgueux

Milk-fed lamb cutlets wear domes of black-truffled chicken forcemeat, poached just until tender, then circle a pool of Périgueux sauce. The lesson is heat control: cook two proteins without drying either.

Epigrammes d’Agneau

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Epigrammes d’Agneau

Cutlet and braised breast meet under one crisp coat à l’anglaise, arranged in their proper alternating ring with buttery chicory: tenderness, texture, and thrift sharing one generous platter.

Ris d’Agneau

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Ris d’Agneau

Ris d’agneau turn delicate offal into a burnished main: clear the blood, blanch only to the boil, press for shape, then braise gently and reduce the juices to a glossy glaze.

Sauté d’Agneau Printanier

Chef Juliette

Sauté d’Agneau Printanier

Lamb shoulder and breast cook in butter without added liquid, then meet seven spring vegetables in a pale meat glaze mounted with butter until everything gleams.

Pilaw d’Agneau

Chef Juliette

Pilaw d’Agneau

Pilaw d’Agneau turns tomato-rich lamb and separate, buttery pilaf rice into one generous platter, proving that deep browning and a shortened braise are the whole grammar of tender young lamb.

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