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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate and orange marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna alla Bolognese

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Main meals

Bearn piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with Bayonne ham.

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Cheeses

Prairie sunset

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Desserts

Rhubarb pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Main meals

Parrillada

Argentina.
Various cuts of meat slow-cooked on a grill.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster medallion en 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.

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Sea fish

Shad with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Sea fish

Suquet de peix

Fish stew with potatoes.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord demi-vieux

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Desserts

Chocolate croquembouche

Chocolate-covered profiteroles with pastry cream or vanilla ice cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Leek tart

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Desserts

Pineapple miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Mushroom quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Desserts

Black and red fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Cheeses

Tilsit

Germany.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and washed rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

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Warm starters

Bouchée à la reine

France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).

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