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Meal families

Desserts

Baklava

Speciality of the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, North Africa, the Middle East, Turkey…
Dessert made of many layers of filo pastry dough separated with melted butter, or oiled dough layered in which there's a mixture of dried fruit (hazelnuts, walnuts or pistachios), sometimes spices (cloves) finely ground and crushed, which is then dipped in a sweet liquid (lemon and sugar water, orange blossom, honey, rose ...).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Octopus galician style

Galician style : octopus cooked in boiling water and cut into slices of one centimeter thick covered with olive oil, salt and sprinkled with paprika or chili.
Served with boiled potatoes.

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Desserts

Vacherin

Dessert with meringue crust filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes fruit and coated with whipped cream.

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Main meals

Nigirizushi

Rice with vinegar hand-pressed and topped with a food (raw or cooked fish, seafood, vegetables, etc.) served generally with wasabi.

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