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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate and orange marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

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Eggs

Provençal style poached eggs

Poached eggs with pan-fried tomatoes, parsley, garlic, onions and bread.

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Cold starters

Botargo

Botargo : mullet roe (the Provençal name for mullet) salted and dried.

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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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Sea fish

Roasted salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek with carrots

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

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Cheeses

Trappe de Bricquebec

France. Normandy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

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Desserts

Tulip cookie with red berries

Cookie tulip : dessert shell made from a baked batter of butter, egg white, flour, and icing sugar.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crab aumoniere

Crab meat cooked in filo pastry.

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Cold starters

Spiny lobster aspic

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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Cold starters

Salmon tataki with wasabi

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

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Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Roquefort croustade

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