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Meal families

Beef

Bordeaux style entrecote with porcini mushrooms

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

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Cheeses

Wrangeback

Sweden.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 10 to 15 months.

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Cold starters

Lobster aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Desserts

Apricot bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Main meals

Souvlaki

Cyprus. Greece.
Small pieces of meat (lamb, beef, mutton, pork, chicken) cut into cubes and marinated in lemon juice and olive oil with vegetables, aromatics (oregano, thyme), herbs, pepper and salt, then grilled on a spit or on a skewer.
Served in a plate or on pita bread.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Curry sautéed shrimp with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Pork

Grilled pork leg slice

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed crab

Stuffed crab with bread and bacon.

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Desserts

Pear dartois

Dartois : two strips of puff pastry surrounding a filling.

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Cheeses

Serra da Estrela curado

Portugal. Serra da Estrela.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle with a rind ocher in color.

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Main meals

Carbonade flamande

Beef, horse or pork stew with onions cooked with beer.

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Sea fish

Sole bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

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Poultry

Geline with black truffle

Geline : chicken from Touraine.

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Desserts

Flan

Flan : eggs beaten into milk and flour, baked in the oven.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with goat cheese

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