All dishes:

Main meals

Potjevleesch

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Flanders.
Chicken, rabbit, pork and veal meats set in aspic or fat and served cold with chips and pickled vegetables.

Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with crayfish

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

Sea fish

Cod in green sauce

Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.

Desserts

Walnut bavarian cream

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

Desserts

Cinnamon brownie

Shellfish and Seafood

Arcachon gravettes prepared Bordelaise-style

Gravette : Arcachon bay oyster.
Bordeaux style : with small sausages or warm crépinettes.

Main meals

Chicken tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

Desserts

Mendiant

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cake made with stale bread, seasonal fruits and milk, gently baked in a buttered mold.
Preferably served warm.

Game animals

Steak of doe with porcini mushrooms

Others

Oven-baked croque-monsieur with bechamel sauce

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with béchamel sauce, baked golden.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

Desserts

Condé peaches

Vanilla rice pudding cake topped with peaches in syrup.

Beef

Roasted rib steak with porcini mushrooms

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines mariniere with thyme

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

Desserts

Pound cake

Desserts

Mirabelle plum compote

Offal and tripe

Marseille pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made with sheep’s feet and stuffed tripe, filled with pork belly or salted pork, slowly simmered in a white wine and tomato sauce.

Desserts

Pineapple carpaccio topped with caramel

Game animals

Haunch of venison with porcini mushrooms

Haunch : leg.

Desserts

Caramel pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fish pie

Desserts

Strawberry and rhubarb 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.

Cheeses

Sorbais

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Nord. Avesnois.
Maroilles form.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Refining : at least 4 weeks.

Desserts

Strawberries with whipped cream

Chantilly cream : whipped cream with sugar.

Pork

Marinated confit pork belly with sweet spices and olive oil

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.