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The courses are smaller and paced through the evening, lasting three to five hours. They follow conventions of menu planning that have been established over many years. Each course of a highly formal dinner (excluding some light courses such as sorbets) is usually paired with a different wine, beer, liqueur, or other spirit.
[6] [7] The primo (first course) is usually a filling dish such as risotto or pasta, with sauces made from meat, vegetables or seafood. [8] Whole pieces of meat such as sausages, meatballs, and poultry are eaten in the secondo (second course). [9] Italian cuisine has some single-course meals (piatto unico) combining starches and proteins. [10]
Main course – featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée ("entry") course. In the United States and parts of Canada, it may be called "entrée." Dessert – typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. The course usually consists of sweet foods, but may include other items.
A six course dégustation may include two seafood, red meat and dessert items with matching wines while the same menu could have added a vegetarian item, and any other types of dish to expand the menu to (for example) a nine-course dégustation menu.
Each team must produce a three-course menu for guest judges and Pete and Manu. Following its success from last year, blind tastings were re-introduced as the judging format. All judges score the entire menu out of 10 and the lower scoring team is eliminated.
The word is derived from the French word cours (run), and came into English in the 14th century. [2] It came to be used perhaps because the food in a banquet serving had to be brought at speed from a remote kitchen – in the 1420 cookbook Du fait de cuisine the word "course" is used interchangeably with the word for serving.
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The number of dishes (or courses) served at a meal à la russe has changed over time, but an underlying sequence of dishes—potage, entrée, roast, entremets, dessert, and coffee—persisted from the mid-19th century (when this type of service was introduced to France) until WWII, and continued in a much-reduced form into the 21st century.