All dishes:

Consommé and Soup

Fish a la nage with beurre blanc sauce

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

Game birds

Partridge with red cabbage

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive gratin

Desserts

Pièce montée

Traditional large dessert served at communions, weddings, or festive meals.
Generally features an architectural shape and significant ornamentation.

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.

Cooked meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

Pork

Catalan pork cheek

Pork cheek stewed with a slice of ham, garlic and Seville orange peel.
Sauce based white wine, veal stock and Seville orange juice.

Cheeses

Chabichou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette with shallots skewers

Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.

Main meals

Dim sum shrimp

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

Desserts

Grapefruit cream

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallops gratin with saffron

Sauces

Chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallot, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette and mushrooms

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.

Desserts

Pear in syrup

Main meals

Chicken tajine with lemon and olives

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

Shellfish and Seafood

Curry sautéed shrimp with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

Poultry

Turkey with black truffle

Sea fish

Marinated anchovies

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

Game birds

Quail fillet with sweet spices

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.

Desserts

Fruit tart

Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with thyme

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

Desserts

Black cherry stuffed cake

Appetizers

Brown shrimp croquettes