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Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Soup with beetroot, mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomato) and meat (beef, pork or chicken).

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Desserts

Apricot blancmange

Blanc-manger : milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, potato flour or cornflour.

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Sea fish

Sole fillets with meuniere sauce

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

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

Ricotta: Italian or Maltese cheese made from the whey of other cheeses, sheep or cow.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with smoked bacon

Trout accompanied by smoked bacon and seasoned with persillade.

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Sauces

Red pepper sauce

Sauce made with cream, olive oil, onion and red pepper.

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Cheeses

Maasdam

Netherlands.
Semi-hard cow's pasteurized milk cheese wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood pasta

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Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood skewers

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Cold starters

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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Consommé and Soup

Fish soup

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Poultry

Pan seared duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin strips of chicken breast.

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Desserts

Mango bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Pacific oysters

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Shellfish and Seafood

Seared bay scallop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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