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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate and red berries charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio with lime

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Sea fish

Brandade with black truffle

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shakshouka

Maghreb.
Shakshouka : poached eggs in a sauce with onions, peppers and tomatoes, usualy seasoned with cumin, paprika, and harissa.

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Sea fish

Hake with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise salad

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Beef

Beef tongue with Madeira sauce

Madeira sauce : demi-glace (reduced brown stock) with Madeira.

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Game birds

Grilled quail with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops cassolette porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Main meals

Stoemp and sausage

Belgium.
Stoemp : mashed potatoes served with various vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, spinach, onion, peas, leek, carrot) and flavored with aromatic spices (bay leaf, thyme).

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Cold starters

Seafood paté

Served cold.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Mandarin sorbet

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