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Meal families

Cheeses

Asiago pressato

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole cow’s milk.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Bay scallop risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Desserts

Pineapple boat

Boat : a hollowed-out fruit or vegetable, filled and presented in the shape of a small boat.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Galician style octopus

Galician style : octopus boiled in water and cut into one-centimeter-thick slices, topped with olive oil, salt, and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with potatoes with paprika and olive oil.

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Warm starters

Langoustine raviole with saffron

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

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Desserts

Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

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Main meals

Ratatouille

Vegetable stew (eggplant, zucchini, onion, bell pepper, tomato) cooked with olive oil and garlic.
Served hot or cold.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with coral sauce

Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Masoor dal

India.
Spiced soup, stew or sauce made with lentils.

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Main meals

Aligot and grilled sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Sea fish

Salmon ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Poultry

Beer chicken

Oven-baked chicken with a cream and beer sauce.

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Cheeses

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert soaked for fifteen days in Norman cider.

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Offal and tripe

Tripe

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Main meals

Pad thai

Thailand.
Wok-fried rice noodles with grilled shrimp, bean sprouts, scrambled egg, crumbled tofu, in a nam pla (fish sauce) dressing.
Served with a sweet lime-based sauce.

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Veal

Fricandeau of veal

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.

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