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Meal families

Sea fish

Tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled prawns

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Cold starters

Salmon pâté

Served cold.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette of Cambrai

Small chitterling sausage with

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Meatball stew

Canada. Quebec.
Meatballs (beef,pork) and spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg) served in a simmered and reduced sauce.

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Main meals

Fish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs whose broth is bound with butter or cream.

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Cheeses

Brie with black truffles

France. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind, cut in half with slices of black truffle.

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Cheeses

Pont-l’Evêque

France. Normandy.
Soft cow's milk cheese, square-shaped with a beige or orange rind.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Chaource soufflé tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with coriander

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Beef

Rib steak with shallots

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Cheeses

Grilovaný Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Breaded cheese.

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Sea fish

Cotriade

Breton fish stew (kaoteriad contents of a pot) made with different kinds of fish and potatoes served with a broth.
The dish can be accompanied by herbs, shellfish and vegetables.

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Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

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

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Beef

Steak au poivre vert

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Braised saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sauces

Lobster butter

Lobster meat with butter.

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Desserts

Apple and walnut crumble with raisins

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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