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Meal families

Cold starters

Crab aspic with herbs

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

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

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Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Morel and Comté pie

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Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio with dill

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Sea fish

Bourride agathoise

Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

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Desserts

Croustillons

Deep-fried balls with sugar.

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Cold starters

Chicken aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Desserts

Pineapple trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Macaroni and cheese

Cooked macaroni pasta with a cheese sauce, generaly cheddar.

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Desserts

Apple strudel

Puff pastry stuffed with apple pieces and raisins generally accompanied by cinnamon and served hot with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, custard, or vanilla sauce.

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