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Meal families

Desserts

Strawberry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm salad

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Veal

Veal rump steack with morel mushrooms and a cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Warm starters

Spiced pork nem

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.

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Cheeses

Ewephoria

Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with a julienne of leek

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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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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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb à la boulangère

Boulangere : studded with garlic cloves.

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Cold starters

Pike mousse with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Prawns

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Sea fish

Sardinade

Whole, ungutted sardines, drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with thyme blossoms or Herbes de Provence, then grilled.

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Appetizers

Vegetable samosa

Samosa : triangular pastry filled with spiced vegetables (carrot, onion, peas, potato, etc) and spices (coriander, turmeric, chili), with thin, golden and crispy dough.

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Desserts

Vacherin

Dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach and goat cheese lasagna

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Appetizers

Munster sablé

Served as an appetizer or before dessert.

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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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