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Meal families

Cold starters

Prawn cocktail with avocado

Shrimp salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco) and avocado.

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Warm starters

Spiced pork nem

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Fruit tabbouleh

ruits : citrus fruits, mango and apple sweetened with orange blossom honey.

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Consommé and Soup

Fish soup

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Vegetable tart

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Beef

Sautéed rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels in cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Coolea Herb and Garlic

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk flavored with herbs and garlic.
Ripening : 3 months.

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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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Desserts

Black forest cake

Germany.
Traditional German cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) made of several layers of cocoa sponge cake, flavored with kirsch, filled with cherries in syrup and whipped cream, all covered with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

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Desserts

Savarin with whipped cream

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.
Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartare with herbs

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb with flageolets beans

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Sea fish

Grilled salmon a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Main meals

Salmon sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with forestière sauce

Forestière sauce : sauce based on butter, mushrooms, fresh cream, and shallots.

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