All dishes:

Cold starters

Grapefruit with shrimp

Poultry

Roasted poultry with gravy

Gravy : sauce made from natural cooking juices, thickened with wheat flour or cornstarch, seasoned with pepper, salt, and crème fraîche (for seafood and fish) or red wine (for meat).

Others

Naccari caviar

Adriatic caviar. (Also available in Spain)

Poultry

Smoked duck breast

Main meals

Ossobuco

Italy. Milan.
Specialty of braised veal shanks with vegetables, white wine and broth.
Usually garnished with gremolata and traditionally served with risotto alla milanese.

Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral with sorrel sauce

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

Others

Croque-monsieur

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled eggplants with Chavignol

Desserts

Roasted figs with spices

Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho

Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) blended with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, olive oil, salt and vinegar.

Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

Poultry

Braised pigeon

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

Cheeses

Bleu des basques

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 10 weeks.

Desserts

Candied rhubarb and strawberry

Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Desserts

Savarin with raspberry

Savarin : kind of rum baba without raisins.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

Desserts

Pineapple vacherin

Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.

Freshwater fish

Grilled eel with garlic and herbs

Poultry

Gaston Gérard chicken

France. Burgundy. Dijon.
Chicken cooked with grated Comté cheese, crème fraîche, Dijon mustard, paprika and Burgundy white wine.

Shellfish and Seafood

Stuffed clams

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

Pork

Grilled black pudding

Salads

Tomato bocconcini salad

Bocconcini : fresh stretched-curd cheese made from small-sized buffalo milk (bite-sized).

Cheeses

St. Malachi

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.