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Meal families

Main meals

Mushroom and cabbage pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : Pasta stuffed and cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Apple bourdaloue

Apple and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macaroons

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza Margherita

Pizza with basil, mozzarella and tomato (represents the three colors of the Italian flag).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Smoked salmon quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Beef

Rib steak cooked over vine shoots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Manchego fresco

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

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Cheeses

Mature Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 9 to 12 months.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhone. Lyon.
Gras-double (tripe cooked with onions) cooked in broth and marinated in white wine before being cut into a triangle and then breaded and fried.
Usually served with steamed potatoes and mayonnaise, gribiche sauce or tartar sauce.

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Sauces

Matelote sauce

Red wine reduction with chopped mushrooms, shallots, onion and bouquet garni with a brown roux.

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