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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal roasted shoulder of lamb

Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

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Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce and mushrooms

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Chicken with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

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Cold starters

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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Salads

Piedmontese salad

France.
Potato salad with pickles, ham, egg, and tomatoes mixed with mayonnaise.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clam and green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

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Poultry

Salt-crusted poultry

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Cheeses

Remoudou

Belgium. Limburger.
Pasteurized Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Others

Smoked meat

Canada. Quebec. Montreal.
A rye bread sandwich with sweet mustard and many thin slices of stacked smoked beef.

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Cheeses

Clonmore

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with an orange waxed rind.

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Main meals

Shrimp jambalaya

United States. Louisiana. New Orleans.
Kind of paella with shrimp, rice and spicy.

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Desserts

Savarin with red berries

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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