All dishes:

Game birds

Roast young partridge with spring vegetables

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

Cheeses

Vendôme cendré

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty and black cherries jam

Game birds

Quail salmis

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

Cold starters

Salmon 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.

Desserts

Passion fruit mousse

Main meals

Schiffala

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Smoked pork shoulder with sour turnips.

Desserts

Orange bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

Desserts

Chocolate Fritters

Shellfish and Seafood

Squid

Main meals

Beaufort and Comté fondue

Beef

White grape beef stew

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

Beef

Grilled beef over vine shoots

Sauces

Poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

Ice cream and sorbets

Exotic fruit sorbet

Main meals

Seafood platter

Beef

Flap steak with shallots

Desserts

Napoléon cake

Russia.
Variety of mille-feuille.

Sea fish

Grilled tuna with herbs

Cold starters

Tzatziki

Greece. Turkey.
Mezze made with sheep’s or goat’s yogurt, mixed with cucumber, garlic, salt, olive oil, and sometimes lemon juice, dill, fennel, mint, and parsley.
Often served with pita bread and olives.
Always served cold.

Desserts

Framboisier cake

Cake made with raspberries, sponge cake and cream.

Sea fish

Skate with black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

Sheep and Goats

Spicy 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.