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Villageois cendré
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind covered in culinary vegetable ash.
Freshwater fish
Roasted pike with white wine sauce
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
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Chocolate merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Main meals
Souvlaki
Cyprus. Greece.
Small pieces of meat (lamb, beef, mutton, pork, chicken) cut into cubes and marinated in lemon juice and olive oil with vegetables, aromatics (oregano, thyme), herbs, pepper and salt, then grilled on a spit or on a skewer.
Served in a plate or on pita bread.
Desserts
Strawberry Saint-Honoré
Saint-Honoré : puff pastry or shortcrust base topped with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream-filled choux puffs glazed with caramel around the edges.
The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or a Chiboust cream (pastry cream mixed with Italian meringue).
Poultry
Poultry with spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
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Braised beef chuck
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Tomato bruschetta
Grilled bread rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil and salt, served with tomato and basil.
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Lutefisk
Scandinavia.
Traditional dish made with dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide, and finally soaked again in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallop skewers with coral sauce
Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.
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Harbison
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish a la nage with beurre blanc sauce
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.