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Meal families

Cold starters

Meze

Eastern Mediterranean.
Small dishes (ten to one hundred, with eggplant caviar, dolmas, vegetable salads, tabbouleh, etc.) served on small plates (like antipasti) for a party or family meal to accompany alcoholic beverages.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord jeune

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Game birds

Roast young partridge

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Beef

Grape beef stew

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Desserts

Gâteau basque with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

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Desserts

Croquets bordelais

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Almond biscuit.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

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Cheeses

Stinking bishop

United Kingdom. Gloucestershire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a perry-washed rind orange-colored.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop and grapefruit ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Desserts

Raspberry charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Whole roasted turbot with black truffle juice

Whole fish, gutted and cooked (not filleted).
Truffle juice : juice obtained during the sterilization of the truffle.

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Cold starters

Kipper pâté

Served cold.

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Others

Lobster guédille

Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Red berry sorbet

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Shellfish and Seafood

Curry sautéed shrimp with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Old Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.
Ripening : 10 to 12 months.

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Pork

Jambonneau with lentils

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

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