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Meal families

Cold starters

Vegetable aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Desserts

Chocolate marquise with caramel sauce

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Main meals

Corn dog

Canada. United States.
Smoked sausage coated in batter and served on a stick.
Served with ketchup, mayonnaise or mustard.
Served hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with seafood

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Cheeses

Boulette d’Avesnes

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais. Avesnes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind flavored with cloves, tarragon, parsley, and pepper, sometimes coated with paprika or annatto, then hand-shaped into a cone.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Mascarpone

Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Fresh cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk with very high fat content, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.

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Beef

Grilled entrecote with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Consommé and Soup

Watermelon gazpacho

Gaspacho : soup made from blended raw vegetables and served cold.

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Sea fish

Salmon tartare with citrus

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Poached scallops

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Desserts

Praline Napoléon cake

Russia.
Variety of praline mille-feuille.

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Warm starters

Lobster raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Sea fish

Turbot with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Meat lasagna

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