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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Fritto misto

Fried seafood and vegetable.

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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with melted butter and parsley

Parsley sauce: parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.

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Others

Oriental style pita

Pita : round flatbread used to catch food or to make a sandwich.
Also refers to the turnover oven-baked and stuffed with food.

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Desserts

Cremets d’Anjou

Egg white beaten with whipped cream and berries.

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Cold starters

Lobster 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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Poultry

Poached Bresse fattened chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : chicken or veal velouté reduced before adding the cream.

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Freshwater fish

Fish quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce: fish velouté with tomato soup and crayfish butter.

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Freshwater fish

Truit with almonds and meuniere sauce

Meunière sauce : liquid from the cooking with butter, chopped parsley and lemon.

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Sea fish

Lutefisk

Scandinavia.
Traditional dish based on dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide then soaked in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.

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Sauces

Tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Desserts

Nun’s puffs

Small choux pastry soufflé fritter with sugar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichoke

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Cheeses

Asiago pressato

Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Hard whole cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Mascarpone

Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Buffalo milk or cow's milk cheese rich made from cream, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.

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