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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.
Sea fish
Gravlax salmon
Gravlax : fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices, and herbs, cured with salt and sugar, served with a mustard sauce.
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Chevrotin des Aravis
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.
Cooked meats
Rillettes
Pork meat slowly cooked over low heat in its own fat.
Served cold.
Cheeses
Rogue river blue
United States. Oregon.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk wrapped in Syrah grape leaves soaked in pear brandy.
Ripening : 9 to 11 months.
Sea fish
Fresh anchovies marinated in lime
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
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Pork fricassee
Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.
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Smoked salmon aspic with Champagne
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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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.
Offal and tripe
Braised veal sweetbreads with perigourdine sauce
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.