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Meal families

Cold starters

Egg in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Veal

Blanquette de veau with mushrooms

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Offal and tripe

Bordeaux style tricandilles

France. Bordelais.
Pork tripe cut in strips cooked in court-bouillon then grilled and seasoned with garlic and few black pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi: langoustine without head.

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Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Veal

Provencal rack of veal

Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Vatrushka with raisins

Russia. Ukraine. Brioche cake topped with cottage cheese, sometimes flavored.

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Cheeses

Bohemian blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Blue-veined pasteurized ewe's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 to 6 weeks.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with Perigourdine sauce

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..
Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles) with onion, shallots and foie gras.

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Young wild boar pie

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Karnıyarık

Turkey.
Eggplants stuffed with garlic, onion, parsley, pepper, tomato and minced meat.

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