All dishes:

Sea fish

Pickled sardines

Cheeses

Mascarpone

Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Fresh cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk with very high fat content, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.

Desserts

Frangipane

Cream made with almonds mixed with pastry cream, butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

Sheep and Goats

Lamb with gingerbread

Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

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

Cheeses

Brie de Meaux

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

Cheeses

Valençay

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

Cold starters

Zakuski

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

Cheeses

Robiola 3 latti

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont. Langhe.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw sheep's, goat’s and cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

Cold starters

Pike-perch terrine

Served cold.

Pork

Pork roast with duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.

Main meals

Fish gratin

Sheep and Goats

Roasted shoulder of lamb with spices

Pair according to the hotness of the spices.

Desserts

Quince crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

Desserts

Dark chocolate fondant cake

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver with balsamic vinegar

Pork

Toulouse sausage with red wine

Desserts

Iced chocolate and raspberry parfait

Parfait : frozen dessert made with heavy cream, eggs, and a flavoring (alcohol, fresh or dried fruit purée, chocolate, vanilla, etc.).

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops cassolette porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

Warm starters

Veal sweetbread puff pastry with Saint Georges mushrooms

Beef

Steak au poivre vert

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce

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

Freshwater fish

Russian-style gudgeons

Gudgeons cooked in white wine, mixed with gelatin, mayonnaise, and broth, served with chopped parsley and sometimes a drizzle of lemon or vinegar.