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Others

Spring rolls

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Parmesan risotto

Pork

Jambon de Paris

Freshwater fish

Trout with smoked bacon

Trout served with smoked bacon bits and seasoned with persillade (a mixture of parsley and garlic).

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Patatas bravas

Spain.
specialty of potatoes cut into cubes about two centimeters in size, then fried in oil with garlic and served hot with aioli (Catalonia) or a spicy tomato sauce.

Poultry

Braised squab

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

Beef

Grilled beef

Beef

Roasted beef tenderloin with porcini mushroom sauce

Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.

Game birds

Quail fillet with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

Desserts

Quince 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.

Sea fish

Tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

Cheeses

Brokkelkaas

Netherlands. South Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : over 24 months.

Desserts

Pineapple flambé

Slice of pineapple flambéed with rum

Sea fish

Lox

Salmon cut into fillets or a whole piece that has been cold-smoked or cured in brine.

Desserts

Pear and blue cheese tart

Beef

Tournedos Rossini

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

Sea fish

John Dory with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Main meals

Spicy gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.

Main meals

Beaufort and Comté fondue

Appetizers

Aperitif

Desserts

Honey and walnut tart

Game birds

Pheasant salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

Main meals

Moules frites

Freshwater fish

Trout with Saint George’s mushrooms