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Cold starters
Confit tomatoes
French cooking technique where tomatoes are slow-cooked at low temperature in olive oil with herbs (often garlic, thyme, and sometimes sugar) to concentrate the flavors.
Used as a garnish in Mediterranean cuisine.
Cold starters
Meze
Eastern Mediterranean.
Small dishes (ten to one hundred, with eggplant caviar, dolmas, vegetable salads, tabbouleh, etc.) served on small plates (like antipasti) for a party or family meal to accompany alcoholic beverages.
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Chicken chorba
Algeria.
Soup with chickpeas, chicken, vermicelli, spices and fresh herbs.
Beef
Braised oxtails in red wine sauce
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.
Cheeses
Manchego viejo
Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 2 years.
Seafish
Salmon tartare with red caviar
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Poultry
Salmi of duckling
Duckling : young duck.
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
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.
Cheeses
Tricycle
United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Pork
Peking jambonneau with spices
Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.
Can be breaded and eaten cold with a salad.
To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sheep and Goats
Leg of lamb whith thyme
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted leg of lamb with flageolets beans
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.