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Kebab

Mediterranean cuisine.
Skewersed grilled or roasted meat.

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Cheeses

Buxton blue

United Kingdom. Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Staffordshire.
Cylindrical and blue veined cow's milk cheese.

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Sea fish

Sole with brown butter

Brown butter : cooked until a clear brown color and smells nutty poured through a strainer into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Sea fish

Brill in Dieppe sauce

Dieppe sauce : Normandy sauce (Bechamel with added cream) with mussel or oyster cooking juice.

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Main meals

Coalfish rougaille

Rougaille : very spicy paste or sauce composed of fruits or vegetables cut with crushed ginger, minced onions and chilli.
Served chilled with the Carry.

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Others

Club sandwich

Sandwich of toasted bread often cut into quarters or halves and held together by hors-d'œuvre sticks, sliced with white turkey or chicken, grilled bacon, lettuce, tomato slices and mayonnaise.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Others

Yakitori

Skewers with beef, mushrooms, quail wings and eggs, pork with cheese, chicken, etc, served with salt or teriyaki sauce.

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Beef

Beef fillet with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with melted butter and parsley

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Main meals

Fish and couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Poultry

Roast chicken with sweet spices

Sweet spices : cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor.

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Others

Shrimp rolls

Canada. Quebec.
Hot dog-style bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Polenta

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