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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Various appetizers served with the aperitif (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol pickles, salads…).

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Sea fish

Blanquette of monkfish with saffron

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed crab

Stuffed crab with bread and bacon.

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Cheeses

St. Albans

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cow's pasteurized milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Main meals

Chicken waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

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Veal

Veal stew Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood skewers

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Poultry

Duck manchon confit with cabbage

Duck wing drumette : upper part of the duck wing.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Desserts

Savarin with red berries

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

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Cooked meats

Cold buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.

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Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Poultry

Duck bigarade

Bigarade sauce : orange sauce infused with orange peel, caramel, and wine vinegar.

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Others

Croque-madame with bechamel sauce

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

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