All dishes:

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.

Desserts

Roasted figs with honey

Poultry

Casseroled guinea fowl

Appetizers

Tapenade

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

Cheeses

Pecorino sardo

Italy. Sardinia.
Smoked, pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw sheep’s milk with a natural straw-colored rind.
Ripening : 20 to 60 days.

Fruits

Nectarine

Desserts

Walnut and honey meringue tart

Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

Shellfish and Seafood

Boudin of bay scallops

Desserts

Calisson

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Mixture of candied melon and almond powder with an egg glaze, set on a sheet of unleavened bread.
One of the 13 traditional desserts of Provençal Christmas.

Pork

Pork filet mignon with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.

Sea fish

Grilled sardines

Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette with shallots skewers

Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.

Desserts

Almond brownie

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with parmesan

Sauces

Kerkenaise sauce

Kerkenaise sauce : tomato sauce with garlic, cumin, lemon and olive oil.

Cheeses

Crumbly Lancashire

United Kingdom. Lancashire.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.

Veal

Veal chop with gremolata

Gremolata : chopped parsley with garlic and grated lemon zest.

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops and black truffle zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops with sweet spices

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

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.

Desserts

Gingerbread charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

Desserts

Chestnut cream crêpe

Fruits

Apricot