All dishes:

Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops

Sheep and Goats

Roast lamb with apricot

Main meals

Raclette

Melted cheese served with cold cuts, potatoes and vegetables.

Veal

Wiener Schnitzel with anchovies and capers

Originally the wiener schnitzel contained anchovies and capers.

Cheeses

Grana Padano oltre 16 mesi

Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 to 20 months.

Desserts

Pineapple flan

Poultry

Mi-cuit duck foie gras with quince jelly

Served cold.

Game birds

Stuffed quail

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with chanterelles

Shellfish and Seafood

Citrus scallops skewers

Freshwater fish

Gefilte fish

Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine.
Stuffed fish (with pike, hake… and served in slices) or large fish balls garnished with a slice of carrot with a horseradish sauce.
Served cold or warm.

Desserts

White wine poached pear

Cooked meats

Duck terrine

Served cold or at room temperature.

Desserts

Chocolate and orange trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

Main meals

Berthoud

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie.
Abondance cheese rubbed with garlic, grated or sliced, seasoned and and topped with white wine before being baked au gratin.
Served with jacket potatoes.

Beef

Pan-seared entrecote

Beef

Beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

Game birds

Casseroled woodcock with mushrooms

Sheep and Goats

Confit lamb with eggplant

Cheeses

Sofia

United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash, and containing two additional layers of ash cutting the cheese.
Ripening : 1 week.

Poultry

Lemon chicken

Piece of chicken marinated in lemon before cooking.

Poultry

Duck breast Rossini

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

Pork

Pork filet mignon with lemongrass

Cheeses

Camembert affiné au cidre

Camembert soaked for fifteen days in Norman cider.