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Quiche- An open, savory custard tart.

Ricotta - soft cheese used with spinach often.

Tartare - Usually thinly chopped or sliced raw beefsteak chilled and served with an egg on top and seasonings.

Note: Not recommended for pork. lol

ugli - large hybrid citrus fruit that is a cross between a grapefruit, orange and tangerine

Vichyssoise - Cold potato soup made with cooked leeks and onions

Water Bath- Placing a baking pan in another pan with water to gently cook custards and mousses.

xiphias:-

Swordfish...best served seared quickly like Tuna steaks. Most delicate flavoured fish and one of my favourites.

Yuca a white, tuberous root used in many Latino and Caribbean countries. It also goes by the name od Casssaba root.
Can be cooked in any way a potato can be.

zabaglione:-

A wonderful desert made from eggs and Marsalla wine that used to be served freshly made in all the lovely Tratoria restaurants in London in the 1960's...before we had ever heard of calories or cholesterol! Oh happy days