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Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouille sausage

Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.

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Pork

Mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

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Desserts

Mango sable

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Desserts

Angel’s food cake

A type of vanilla sponge cake often served covered with red berry coulis and strawberries.

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Cold starters

Crab aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable pannequet with fresh herbs

Pannequet : crepe filled with a savory or sweet filling.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops gratin

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Squid ink risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Sauces

Mole

Mexico.
Sauce made from peanuts, cocoa, chili pepper, sesame, tomato, and thickened with corn dough, bread, or fried and crumbled tortilla.

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Warm starters

Spanakopita

Greece.
Phyllo pastry stuffed with spinach with shallot, egg, onion, feta or ricotta.

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Desserts

Red berry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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