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Meal families

Main meals

Fish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Sea fish

Sea bream with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Desserts

Oreillettes

France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and dusted with powdered sugar.

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Sauces

Mushroom sauce

Mushroom sauce : sauce made from a white or brown base, with mushrooms and other ingredients such as butter, seasonings, stock (veal or poultry), and wine.

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Veal

Veal frikandel

Minced veal with breadcrumbs, eggs and onion cooked in a round patty shape and served with a spicy sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Salad

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Tricolor ice cream bombe

Ice cream bomb : ice cream in a spherical or semi-spherical Ihape.
Tricolor : pistachio, strawberry and vanilla ice creams with meringue.

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Rabbit

Roast rabbit with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Main meals

Chicken gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.

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Pork

Welsh rarebit

United Kingdom. Wales.
Dish made with Cheddar, amber or brown beer on a slice of bread and ham, served with fries and salad.

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Desserts

Coffee and chocolate charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Turbot fillets with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta pie

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Cold starters

Spiny lobster with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Desserts

Thin apple tart

Thin tart : on puff pastry.

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