All dishes:

Poultry

Steamed duck foie gras

Served cold.

Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops with white wine and mousseline spinach

White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.

Game birds

Grilled quail 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.

Main meals

Duck pastilla with black olives

Sheep and Goats

Stuffed pig’s trotter with mushrooms

Cold starters

Tuna tataki with sesame

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

Game animals

Venison stew with potatoes

Desserts

Roasted pineapple

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed potatoes salad with smoked salmon and dill

Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Various appetizers served with the aperitif (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol pickles, salads…).

Beef

Rump steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

Cheeses

Brabander

Netherlands. North Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with waxed rind.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with spices

Fruits

Grapefruit

Desserts

Spiced cherry soup with calisson ice cream

Sheep and Goats

Lamb with tapenade

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

Desserts

Apricot and almond ramekin

Sea fish

Grilled tuna steak with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

Desserts

Praline mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

Desserts

Cherry gratin with zabaione

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

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

Poultry

Provençal chicken

Chicken served with pan-seared tomatoes with garlic and parsley, and bread.

Ice cream and sorbets

Apricot ice cream

Desserts

Exotic fruit yule log