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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dauphine potatoes

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Desserts

Pecan pie

Often served with whipped cream.

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass fillets with maitre d’hotel butter

Maitre d'hotel butter : softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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Salads

Caprese salad

Salad made of tomato, mozzarella and basil.

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Sea fish

Shad with sorrel

Shad stuffed with a preparation made from sorrel leaves.

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Cheeses

Vacherin fribourgeois Rustic

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Semi-soft cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 12 weeks minimum to 20-25 weeks.

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Cheeses

Boulette de Cambrai

France. Pas-de-Calais. Avesnes.
Cow's milk cheese flavored with parsley, pepper, tarragon, and cloves and later shaped into a cone by hand.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelks with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Poultry

Roasted squab à la goutte de sang

Cooked à la goutte de sang : fast cooking of meat moderately high for there to be surface coloration of the flesh but the interior remains red.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Oyster mushroom

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Sheep and Goats

Provencal lamb skewers

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Appetizers

Spiny lobster butter canapé

Spiny lobster butter : spiny lobster meat with butter.

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Poultry

Ginger chicken

Vietnam.
Chicken marinated with turmeric, ginger, chilli and honey served with rice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Smoked salmon lasagne with mixed herbs

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Main meals

Couscous

Steamed semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Desserts

Pineapple miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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