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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Spaghetti carbonara
Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.
Sauces
Black butter sauce
Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).
Seafish
Sea bream in salt crust
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
Beef
Crying tiger
Thailand.
Thin slices of marinated beef, grilled or seared, served with a spicy chili and tamarind sauce, accompanied by sticky rice (the sauce would be strong enough to make you cry).
Pork
Braised knuckle of pork
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Boulangere potatoes
Boulangere potatoes : potatoes baked in the oven with onions in broth.
Shellfish and Seafood
Lobster claws in americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Poultry
Fattened chicken with ivory sauce
Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Pineapple bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
Sheep and Goats
Grilled lamb with garlic cream
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.
Salads
Caux-style salad
Potato-based salad with diced ham, chervil, watercress, and a cream and cider vinegar dressing.
Cheeses
Manchego viejo
Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 2 years.
Hot Starters
Spanakopita
Greece.
Phyllo pastry stuffed with spinach with shallot, egg, onion, feta or ricotta.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted saddle of lamb with herbs
Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Borscht
Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).
Sheep and Goats
Roasted kid goat with parsley butter
Garlic and parsley butter : butter, garlic and parsley mixed.