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Meal families

Veal

Veal frikandel

Mixture of minced veal with breadcrumbs, egg and onion cooked in disc form and serve with a spicy sauce.

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Desserts

Mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavoured buttercream.

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Salads

Caesar salad

Romaine lettuce and croutons with egg, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce.

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Cheeses

Edam

Netherlands. Semi-hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese.

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Consommé and Soup

Pauchouse

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Speciality made with fresh-water fish pieces (pike, perch, pike-perch) and fatty fish (eel, carp, salmon, tench, trout) cooked with white wine sauce and accompanied by croutons, bacon and potatoes.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Nantua sauce

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

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Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb and polenta

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

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Poultry

Squab with duck foie gras and black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Strawberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue cake topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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Freshwater fish

Pike fillets in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Salads

Tuna Nicoise salad

Raw vegetable salad with tuna, boiled eggs and olive oil.

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Desserts

Queen of Sheba cake

Chocolate and almond cake.

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Main meals

Mushroom and cabbage pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : Pasta stuffed and cooked in boiling water.
Served hot or cold.

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