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Meal families

Appetizers

Anchovy breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Poultry

Lemon chicken

Piece of chicken marinated in lemon before cooking.

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Cooked meats

Rillettes

Pork meat slowly cooked over low heat in its own fat.
Served cold.

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Warm starters

Bouchée à la reine

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).

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Desserts

Damson bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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Cheeses

Montgomery’s Cheddar

United Kingdom. Somerset.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.

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Poultry

Sauteed turkey with chasseur sauce

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Desserts

Chestnut bavarian cream

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White Asparagus with maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : Hollandaise sauce flavored with blood orange juice and blanched orange zest.

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Desserts

Walnut bavarian cream

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

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti with goat cheese

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Sea fish

Stuffed sea bass filets façon bourgeoise

Façon bourgeoise : preparation with breadcrumbs, button mushrooms with shallots, parsley and white wine.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm salad

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Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Main meals

Parmigiana

Italy.
Aubergine and tomato gratin.

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Cold starters

Shrimp tomato

Belgium.
Tomato stuffed with grey shrimp mixed with mayonnaise.

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Warm starters

Spiced pork nem

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

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