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Cheeses
Brebis Echourgnac
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 months.
Shellfish and Seafood
Tellines with garlic
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.
Sheep and Goats
Catalan lamb marinade
Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Fettucine Alfredo
Italy. United States.
Pasta dish made with long pasta mixed with butter and Parmesan cheese.
Seafish
Honey glazed salmon with lemon
To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.
Cheeses
Mt Tam
United States. California.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Seafish
Sea bass supreme with beurre blanc sauce
Fish suprême : boneless fillet.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Sheep and Goats
Knuckle of lamb confit with rosemary honey
Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.
Poultry
Tandoori chicken
Tandoori : meat or fish marinated and coated in yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).
Hot Starters
Vol-au-vent
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
Main courses
Spicy gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Mirabelle crumble
Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.