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Main courses
Scallop sushi
Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.
Beef
Spicy steak tartare
Steak tartare : minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.
Shellfish and Seafood
Marinated bay scallops in lemon
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
Fruits
Brasucado
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Roasting chestnuts over a wood fire on a metal sheet or in a large pan.
Cheeses
Cabrales
Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk or a blend of two or three types of milk (cow, sheep, and goat), with a blue-green veined paste.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.
Main courses
Spicy 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.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Black truffle risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Sheep and Goats
Baron of lamb with porcini mushrooms
Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.
Poultry
Stuffed goose neck Strasbourg-style
Goose neck stuffed with pork and veal meat, with Cognac, cream and black truffle.
Served hot.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Apricot charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Beef
Tournedos Rossini with porcini mushrooms
Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
White asparagus with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
Seafish
Atascaburras
Spain. Albacete. Cuenca.
Brandade made with salted cod, olive oil, potatoes, and chestnuts.
Cured Meats
Cold buffet
Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.
Miscellaneous
Crab guédille
Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bay scallop and grapefruit 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).