Sunday, March 8, 2009

World famous dishes you might want to taste II

Quiche Lorraine - France
Quiche Lorraine is just a shell of crisp pastry, loaded with beaten eggs, cream cheese, flavors, and chopped bacon. The tart is baked for almost an hour in the oven till it turns golden brown. This is a traditional dish from Lorraine, a province in northeastern France. French cuisine is according to many people the finest in the world.
Paella - Spain
Paella is a rice dish made tasty with garlic, saffron and herbs, when it is combined with seafood, chicken or ham, and vegetables. This popular dish is called after the big flattish pan in which it is generally cooked. It originated from southwestern Spain.
Spaghetti Bolognese- Italy
This delicacy from Bologna combines spaghetti with a meat and tomato sauce. Spaghetti is actually a form of pasta. Every area of Italy has its individual preferred kinds of pasta and its very individualistic unique sauces.
Greek Salad - Greece
Greek salad is created with tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, and cubes of feta, a flaky white goats' cheese. It is peppered with herbs and olive oil. Crunchy bread and Greek wine named retsina usually go with this traditional wonder.
Goulash - Hungary
Goulash is Hungary's national dish and is basically a rich stew is created from meat, potatoes, and onions. It is usually served with noodles and pieces of black bread. Goulash is savored with paprika, mushrooms, sour cream, cabbage, or peas may be put in according to the wishes of the cook.
Tagine of Lamb - Morocco
For cooking a tagine, lamb is cooked tenderly with pumpkin, raisins, and chilies. This is served with either rice or couscous (tiny grains of wheat). Heavily seasoned spices, as well as sugar and fruit, are put in to flavor up lots of Moroccan meat dishes.
Couscous - Tunisia
Tunisia is celebrated for its couscous dishes. Couscous is created from wheat that has been grounded into fine grains. It is steamed till it becomes light and airy and is offered with either vegetables or stewed lamb. The Arabic name for it (kuskus) originated from the word kaskasa or “to pulverize”.

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