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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.

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Cold starters

Tzatziki

Greece. Turkey.
Mezze made with sheep’s or goat’s yogurt, mixed with cucumber, garlic, salt, olive oil, and sometimes lemon juice, dill, fennel, mint, and parsley.
Often served with pita bread and olives.
Always served cold.

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Cheeses

Claquebitou

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Fresh cheese made from goat's milk.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Veal goulash

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Cured Meats

Woodstock pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Seafish

Salmon with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Cheeses

Salers

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.

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Cheeses

Fiscalini bandaged Cheddar

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind, straw-yellow in color and wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 18 to 30 months.

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Miscellaneous

Shrimp guédille

Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind.

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Cheeses

Ewe’s blue

United States. New York.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

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Freshwater fish

Russian-style gudgeons

Gudgeons cooked in white wine, mixed with gelatin, mayonnaise, and broth, served with chopped parsley and sometimes a drizzle of lemon or vinegar.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with americaine sauce

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."

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Cheeses

Oma

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk and washed rind from a reddish color to an orange-brown color.
Ripening : 2-3 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Garlic bread

Bread filled with butter and garlic.

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