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Cheeses
Maasdam
Netherlands. North Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with waxed rind.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Coffee and chocolate charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Main courses
Souvlaki
Cyprus. Greece.
Small pieces of meat (lamb, beef, mutton, pork, chicken) cut into cubes and marinated in lemon juice and olive oil with vegetables, aromatics (oregano, thyme), herbs, pepper and salt, then grilled on a spit or on a skewer.
Served in a plate or on pita bread.
Sheep and Goats
Saddle of lamb with pomegranate
Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Sheep and Goats
Leg of lamb whith thyme
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Black and red fruit pavlova
Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Strawberry Saint-Honoré
Saint-Honoré : puff pastry or shortcrust base topped with choux pastry before baking, then covered with pastry cream and small cream-filled choux puffs glazed with caramel around the edges.
The center of the cake is filled with whipped cream or a Chiboust cream (pastry cream mixed with Italian meringue).
Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish with white wine sauce
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
Seafish
Stuffed sea bass filets façon bourgeoise
Façon bourgeoise : preparation with breadcrumbs, button mushrooms with shallots, parsley and white wine.
Cold starters
Blinis with taramasalata
Greece. Turkey.
Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.