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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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Appetizers

Tomato bruschetta

Grilled bread rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil and salt, served with tomato and basil.

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Sea fish

Sole with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab aumoniere

Crab meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.

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Main meals

Ganzeltopf

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish of slow-cooked confit goose with mixed vegetables and white wine.

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Cheeses

Kachkéis

Luxembourg.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster aumoniere

Lobster meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Main meals

Baked Mont d’or

Baked Vacherin Mont-d'Or cheese.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Seafood pizza

Pizza topped with shrimp, mussels, or squid on a tomato sauce base.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette

Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (veal sweetbread), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.

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Others

Sevruga caviar

Russian caviar.

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