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Meal families

Beef

Rib steak over vine shoots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast knuckle of lamb

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Desserts

Chocolate merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Freshwater fish

Pike with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Desserts

Raspberry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Beef

Beef daube with black olives

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

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Desserts

Lemon and mascarpone tart

Mascarpone : equivalent of « crème fraîche » in Italian cuisine.

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Offal and tripe

Lamb’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Tomato tart

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Sauces

Melted butter sauce

Melted butter sauce : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustines a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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Desserts

Merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Main meals

Vegetarian Tartiflette

Cream-based dish with potatoes, sometimes with mushrooms, baked au gratin with cheese.

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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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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.
Served cold.

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