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Tempura
Japan.
Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.
Salads
Mesclun with goat cheese
Mesclun : mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves from chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.
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Sticky toffee pudding
United Kingdom.
Sponge cake made with brown sugar and finely chopped dates, topped with caramel (brown sugar).
Served with custard, vanilla ice cream or single cream.
Desserts
Bananas Foster
Flambéed bananas with vanilla ice cream and a sauce made of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.
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Roasted wood pigeon salmis
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
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Fish a la nage with beurre blanc sauce
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Sea fish
Grilled salmon a l’unilateral
A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.
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Frog legs cassolette
Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
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Sea bream with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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Langoustine raviole
Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.
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Manchego semi curado
Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 3 weeks to 3 months.
Desserts
Strawberry pastilla
Phyllo pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream, garnished with strawberries and powdered sugar.
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Grilled shrimp cocktail
Cocktail sauce : ketchup and mayonnaise sauce with a dash of Cognac or Whisky and tabasco.
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Breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
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