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Meal families

Eggs

Scotch eggs

United Kingdom.
Shelled hard-boiled egg wrapped with minced meat sausage coated in breadcrumbs and then baked or fried.

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Desserts

Vatrushka with vanilla

Russia. Ukraine. Brioche cake topped with cottage cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morels cassolette with fresh cream

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with thyme juice

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Warm starters

Goat cheese raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

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Desserts

Vanilla religieuse

Pastry made up of two choux filled with a flavored pastry cream and coated with fondant and buttercream.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Semi-cooked or semi-hard pressed raw whole cow's milk cheese.

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Sauces

Melted butter sauce

Melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Sea fish

Halibut fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Offal and tripe

Merguez grillées

Merguez: sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with condiments (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili, etc.).

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Desserts

Strawberry bavarois

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Cheeses

Schlossberger

Suisse. Bern.
Hard raw cow's milk hard cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 5 months.

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