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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White truffle risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Cheeses

Paški sir

Croatia. Pag.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini flan

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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."

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Main meals

Polish meat pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Filled with minced meat, cabbage, and mushrooms.
Served hot or cold.

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

France. Brittany.
Grilled pork sausage rolled in a cold buckwheat galette.

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Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed bay scallops with lemon butter

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Sea fish

Sole with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sea fish

Grilled darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Bauges

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Veal

Veal chop milanesa

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

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Poultry

Catalan-style chicken

Chicken with onions, prunes, pine nuts and tomato.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with white wine sauce

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

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Desserts

Kiwi pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Banana split

Frozen dessert traditionally made of a banana cut lengthwise, surrounding three scoops of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry in France or three scoops of vanilla in Belgium), all topped with hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

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