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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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Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Cheeses

Carré de l’Est

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Meat lasagna

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cold starters

Prawn carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Pork

Pork roast with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Desserts

Strawberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Appetizers

Fish fritters with tartare sauce

Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.

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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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Main meals

Galette with goat cheese

Galette : savory crepe.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with seafood

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