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Meal families

Consommé and Soup

Chicken chorba

Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, chicken, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.

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Desserts

Strawberry shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Galician style octopus

Galician style : octopus boiled in water and cut into one-centimeter-thick slices, topped with olive oil, salt, and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with potatoes with paprika and olive oil.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Goat cheese tart

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb chops with Pont-Neuf potatoes and spices

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Poultry

Squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Desserts

Crémets d’Anjou

Egg white beaten with whipped cream and red berries.

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Warm starters

Soufflé

Served hot.

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Main meals

Oxtail daube with red wine

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Consommé and Soup

Watermelon gazpacho

Gaspacho : soup made from blended raw vegetables and served cold.

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Sea fish

Bacalao al pil pil

Basque Country.
Dish with salt cod, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper (pil pil).

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Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Sea fish

Kazunoko

Japan.
Salted or dried herring roe.

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