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Meal families

Sea fish

Marinated anchovies with lime

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled prawns

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Veal

Veal chop with cream and mushrooms

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Bleu d’Auvergne

France. Massif Central.
Pasteurized or raw cow's milk blue cheese.

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Desserts

Banana and coconut 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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Beef

Beef axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Main meals

Hochepot

France. Hauts-de-France.
Stew with oxtail, shoulder of mutton, salt pork and vegetables.

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Appetizers

Parmesan breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Desserts

Red fruit 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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Desserts

Milk pastilla

Filo coated with honey, almond and pistachio and covered with custard flavored with orange flower water.

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Poultry

Squab with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

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Desserts

Peach miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Hors-d'œuvre served as starter to a meal (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol, salads…).

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Beef

Rib steak with fleur de sel

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

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

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Game birds

Stuffed quails and Porto sauce

Port wine sauce : demi-glace (reduced sauce made from a brown stock) with Port added.

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Others

Club sandwich

Sandwich of toasted bread often cut into quarters or halves and held together by hors-d'œuvre sticks, sliced with white turkey or chicken, grilled bacon, lettuce, tomato slices and mayonnaise.

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