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Shellfish and Seafood
Grilled shrimp cocktail
Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.
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Lobster Bellevue
Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.
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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Blanquette of lamb with fresh mint
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
The dish is served with pasta, potatoes, or rice, often complemented with mushrooms.
Main meals
Chicken gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
Cheeses
La Sentinelle
Canada. Quebec.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.
Desserts
Peach turnover
Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.
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Lobster à l’américaine
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Beef
Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Shrimp risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
> view pairingsCold starters
Salmon pâté with a lemon sauce
Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.
Served cold.


