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Shashlik

Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan…
Meat skewers (leg of lamb, sometimes beef or pork), aged and marinated in a flavored vinaigrette.

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Poultry

Pigeon with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with herbs

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière served cold

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with sauce homardine

Sauce homardine : Lobster bisque with cream.

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Sauces

Curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Desserts

Eggs in snow with pink pralines

Eggs in snow : egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.

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Desserts

Raspberry ganache

A blend of fresh cream, white chocolate, and raspberry coulis.

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Cheeses

Kāpiti Kikorangi Triple cream blue

New Zealand. Taranaki.
Triple cream blue soft ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

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Cheeses

Pavé de Calais

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 4 weeks.

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Appetizers

Crescent dogs

Sausage filled with cheese, wrapped in puff pastry.

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