1 the first plate
The first course of western food is the first course, also called appetizer. The contents of appetizers are generally divided into cold dishes or hot dishes. The common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail cups, creamy chicken crisp boxes, local snails and so on. Because appetizers are appetizers, appetizers generally have a special flavor, which is mainly salty and sour, with a small quantity and high quality.
2. soup
Very different from Chinese food, the second course of western food is soup. Western-style soup can be roughly divided into clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soup, American clam soup, Italian vegetable soup, Russian Luo Songtang soup and French onion soup.
There are few varieties of cold soup, such as German cold soup and Russian cold soup.
3. Additional dishes outside the main dish
Fish dishes are generally regarded as the third course of western food, also known as side dishes. Species include all kinds of freshwater and marine fish, shellfish and mollusks. Aquatic vegetables, eggs, bread and crispy box vegetables are usually called side dishes.
Because fish and other dishes are tender and easy to digest, they are placed in front of meat dishes, which is also different from the main course of meat dishes. Western fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, archbishop sauce, American sauce and sailor fish sauce.
Step 4: Main course
Meat and poultry dishes are the fourth course of western food, also known as the main course.
The raw materials of meat dishes are from cattle, sheep, pigs, cowboys and other parts, of which beef or steak is the most representative. Steaks can be divided into sirloin steak (also called sirloin steak), filet mignon, "T" bone steak and thin steak. Its cooking methods are often baking, frying, baking and so on. Sauces used in meat dishes mainly include Spanish sauce, concentrated boiled sauce, mushroom sauce and Baines sauce.
The raw materials of food dishes are chicken, duck, goose, rabbit meat and venison, which are usually classified as poultry dishes. Chicken is the largest variety of poultry dishes, including pheasant, turkey and bamboo chicken, which can be cooked, fried, roasted and stewed. The main sauces are yellow gravy, curry juice and cream juice.
5. Vegetable dishes
Vegetarian dishes can be arranged after meat dishes or served at the same time with meat dishes, so they can be regarded as a dish or a side dish.
Vegetables are called salads in western food. The salad served with the main course is called raw vegetable salad, which is usually made of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and asparagus. The main sauces of salad are vinegar oil juice, French juice, dried island juice, cheese salad juice and so on.
Besides vegetables, there is another salad made of fish, meat and eggs. Generally, this salad is not seasoned and can be eaten as the first course in the order of eating.
There are some cooked vegetables, such as broccoli, boiled spinach and French fries. Cooked vegetables are usually served on the plate with the meat dishes of the main course, which is called side dishes.
6. dessert
The dessert of western food is eaten after the main course, which can be regarded as the sixth course.
In a real sense, it includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.
7. Coffee and tea
The last course of western food is to serve drinks, coffee or tea. Coffee usually contains sugar and whipped cream. Tea usually contains fragrant peach slices and sugar.