All dishes:

Sea fish

Fish dumplings

Poultry

Chicken with ivory sauce

Ivory sauce : supreme sauce (chicken velouté with cream) and meat glaze.

Freshwater fish

Lavaret with herb sauce

Poultry

Roast chicken

Desserts

Milk pastilla

Phyllo pastry sheets coated with honey, almonds and pistachios, topped with custard or pastry cream flavored with orange blossom water.

Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.

Main meals

Lorraine style potée

Soup with slices of toasted bread and vegetables topped with cured meats.

Sea fish

Sea bream ceviche with citrus and sesame

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

Freshwater fish

Roasted pike with white wine sauce

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

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato blinis with bacon

Pork

Jambonneau confit

Jambonneau : small ham or boneless shank.

Sheep and Goats

Roast saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

Warm starters

Bay scallop puff pastry

Sheep and Goats

Confit lamb epigrams

Epigrams : lamb breast pieces.

Game birds

Stuffed quail

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

Beef

Charolais beef fillet with peppercorn sauce

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

Cheeses

Brocciu

France. Corsica.
Sheep’s milk cheese made from a combination of milk and whey.

Cheeses

Brie de Melun

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

Cheeses

Quadrello di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized buffalo milk with a pale pink to oatmeal washed rind.

Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca tierno

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with white paste.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable lasagna

Cold starters

Chicken liver mousse

Sea fish

Lutefisk

Scandinavia.
Traditional dish made with dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide, and finally soaked again in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.

Shellfish and Seafood

Marennes Oléron oysters