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Meal families

Desserts

Fig pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with caviar and cream

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Beef

Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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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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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pigeon pie

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Desserts

Croquets bordelais

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Almond biscuit.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Game animals

Haunch of venison with poivrade sauce

Haunch : leg.
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Cheeses

Ash ripened goat cheese log

Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

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