All dishes:

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with vinaigrette and fresh cream sauce

Cream vinaigrette : fresh cream, vinegar, pepper.

Cheeses

Humboldt Fog

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash and a thin line of ash in the center.
Ripening : 2 months.

Sea fish

Sea bass with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

Main meals

Tartiflette with Munster

Tartiflette : gratin dish made with cream, potatoes, cheese and bacon bits, baked with cheese.

Sheep and Goats

Lamb navarin with turnips

Navarin : stew.

Sheep and Goats

Provençal mutton daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

Fruits

Red berries

Desserts

Pineapple flambé

Slice of pineapple flambéed with rum

Sheep and Goats

Sautéed Maintenon style lamb chops

Maintenon : lamb chops baked with a roux mixed with button mushroom, ham, onion, black truffle and breadcrumbs.

Appetizers

Gougères

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from choux pastry and cheese (Gruyère).

Game birds

Wood pigeon fillet with porcini mushrooms

Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops and clams cassolette with curry

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

Beef

Grilled entrecote over vine shoots with Bordeaux-style porcini mushrooms

Bordeaux-style porcini mushrooms : porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

Pork

Creole black pudding

Beef

Roasted rib steak with chanterelles

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

Desserts

Fig meringue tart

Sheep and Goats

Stuffed pig’s trotter with mushrooms

Sheep and Goats

Roast Pauillac lamb

Lamb under 11 weeks and between 11 and 15 kilos.

Shellfish and Seafood

Crab claws with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

Sauces

Green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

Sea fish

Red mullet fillets with olive oil

Game birds

Roast young partridge with lingonberries

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Quiche lorraine

Shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream blended with bacon bits.