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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Prune tart

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

American-style pigs in a blanket

Sausage wrapped in puff pastry.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear tart

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Shellfish and Seafood

Aguachile

Mexico.
Raw shrimp marinated in a salted brine with cucumber, lemon juice, onion, pepper, and chili peppers (chiltepin).

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Veal

Tête de veau with gribiche sauce

Gribiche sauce : enhanced tartar sauce (mayonnaise with capers, chives, gherkins, and chopped parsley) with chopped hard-boiled eggs.

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Cheeses

Yorkshire Wensleydale

United Kingdom. North Yorkshire. Wensleydale.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's and cow's milk, white in color.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam chowder

Clam soup with potatoes and onions in broth.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels cassolette with spinach

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Tricolor ice cream bombe

Ice cream bomb : ice cream in a spherical or semi-spherical Ihape.
Tricolor : pistachio, strawberry and vanilla ice creams with meringue.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pineapple crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Seafish

Pavé of salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised shoulder of lamb

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Fish croquettes

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Amandine tart

Tart with almond cream.
Amandine : cover with almonds.

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Cured Meats

Andouille

Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.

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