All dishes:

Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb 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.

Poultry

Turkey cutlet with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked yellow bell pepper

Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated bay scallops with citrus fruits

Pork

Black pudding with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

Cheeses

Tres leches

Spain. Asturias.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with a virgin olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with olives

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

Pork

Pork roast with prunes

Offal and tripe

Marseille pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made with sheep’s feet and stuffed tripe, filled with pork belly or salted pork, slowly simmered in a white wine and tomato sauce.

Desserts

Opera

Cake with Joconde sponge, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache.

Poultry

Roasted poultry with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from natural cooking juices, thickened with wheat flour or cornstarch, seasoned with pepper, salt, and crème fraîche (for seafood and fish) or red wine (for meat).

Desserts

Black cherry stuffed cake

Main meals

Salted pork with lentils

Salt pork : salt-cured pork.

Poultry

Duck foie gras with Port wine

Served cold.

Game birds

Roasted wood pigeon with dried fruit

Game birds

Quail salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

Desserts

Grape tart

Desserts

Blueberry pierogi

Poland.
Pierogi : stuffed dumpling cooked in boiling water.
Stuffed with sour cream, sugar, and blueberry.
Served hot or cold.

Cheeses

Valençay

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

Veal

Sautéed veal chop with horn of plenty

Desserts

Malakoff Charlotte

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

Beef

Sautéed rump steak

Sauces

Snail butter

Butter with garlic, shallot and parsley.