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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mango tart

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Chocolate and morello cherry shortcake

United Kingdom.
Shortcake : small dry cake topped with a layer of fruit, syrup, and whipped cream.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Almond meringue

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Cold starters

Tzatziki

Greece. Turkey.
Mezze made with sheep’s or goat’s yogurt, mixed with cucumber, garlic, salt, olive oil, and sometimes lemon juice, dill, fennel, mint, and parsley.
Often served with pita bread and olives.
Always served cold.

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Seafish

Grilled sea bream with a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Poultry

Chicken with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Kirsch baba

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Main courses

Oriental-style lamb meatballs

Oriental style : with spices.

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with morels and vin jaune sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Cold starters

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.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pretzel

Knot-shaped bread or brioche covered with coarse salt.

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Miscellaneous

Pork gyros

Gyros : greek-origin sandwich, derived from döner kebab, made with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce in pita bread.

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