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Meal families

Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

Raw vegetable salad with tuna, boiled eggs and olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Salpicon of seafood

Salpicon : preparation hot or cold of ingredients diced and bound by a cream or sauce.

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Beef

Estouffade of beef

Estouffade : cooked slowly with very little liquid in a closed container.

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Desserts

Apple and rhubarb crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Pork

Bitter-sweet pork

Chine. Canton.
Dish of pork cut into small square pieces, fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sometimes with: pineapple, carrot, chopped onions and/or pepper.

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Pretzel

Knot-shaped bread or brioche covered with cooking salt.

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Cheeses

Zamorano artesano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Hard raw ewe's milk cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

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Desserts

Chocolate passion trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Desserts

Orange bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Desserts

Whippet

Cake in shape of a sphere made of two meringues welded with chocolate buttercream and covered with chocolate chips.

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Main meals

Beef cheek hachis parmentier with black truffle

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Others

Ossetra caviar

Russian caviar.

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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Salads

Nicoise salad

Raw vegetable salad with anchovy filets or tuna, boiled eggs and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in orange wax.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen Extra Matured

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered in black wax.
Ripening : 2 months.

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