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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mendiant

Mendiant

France. Grand Est. Alsace.

Cake made with stale bread, seasonal fruits and milk, gently baked in a buttered mold.

Preferably served warm.

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Mendiants

Mendiants

Mendiants : chocolate disk garnished with candied fruits and dried fruits (originally almonds, figs, hazelnuts, raisins)

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Offal and tripe

Merguez frites

Merguez frites

Merguez : sausage made from minced meat (beef and/or mutton) with seasonings (garlic, caraway, coriander, cumin, paprika, chili…).

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Seafish

Merlu koxkera

Merlu koxkera

Spain. Basque Country. San Sebastián.

Specialty made with hake with asparagus, shellfish, hard-boiled egg and peas served with a green sauce (salsa verde: garlic, fish stock, olive oil and white wine with parsley).

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Merveilles

Merveilles

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Italy. Aosta Valley. Switzerland. Romandy.

Variety of fritter with thin and crispy batter often flavored with orange blossom water and Armagnac and covered with sugar or honey.

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Merveilleux

Merveilleux

Belgium. France.

Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

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Salads

Mesclun

Mesclun

Mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.

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Salads

Mesclun with black truffle

Mesclun with black truffle

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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Salads

Mesclun with goat cheese

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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Cold starters

Meze

Meze

Eastern Mediterranean.

Small dishes (ten to one hundred, with eggplant caviar, dolmas, vegetable salads, tabbouleh, etc.) served on small plates (like antipasti) for a party or family meal to accompany alcoholic beverages.

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Cheeses

Mignon

Mignon

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.

Maroilles form.

Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind. Refining : at least 4 weeks.

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Cheeses

Mignot

Mignot

France. Normandy. Orne. Vimoutiers.

Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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