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Cold starters
Blinis with taramasalata
Greece. Turkey.
Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Stuffed mushrooms with taramasalata
Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.
Cooked meats
Pork liver pâté
Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices, etc cooked in a terracotta container.
Served cold or at room temperature.
Desserts
Wild strawberry 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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Ewe’s blue
United States. New York.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.
Desserts
Vatrushka with vanilla
Russia. Ukraine.
Brioche-style cake filled with cream cheese, sometimes flavored.
Shellfish and Seafood
Saintonge mouclade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).
Sea fish
Lox
Salmon cut into fillets or a whole piece that has been cold-smoked or cured in brine.
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Vitello tonnato
Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Veal carpaccio with tuna, lemon mayonnaise, capers, and anchovy fillets.
Cheeses
Vendôme bleu
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Spaghetti bolognese
Bolognese sauce : meat-based sauce with soffritto (the Italian version of a mirepoix) made from onion, celery, and carrot. The various meats are minced or finely chopped and slow-cooked.
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Bay scallops with orange sauce
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.
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