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Tablier de sapeur with tartare sauce
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.
Dish usually served with steamed potatoes.
Sea fish
Monkfish with Romesco sauce
Romesco sauce : catalan specialty. Sauce made with a mixture of garlic, almonds, ñoras (dried red peppers), bread, tomatoes, along with oil, vinegar, and spices.
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Jésus de Lyon
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Dry sausage in a pear shape, rather long and wide (10 cm) made from pork meat and fat (shoulder, ham, loin, belly) salted and seasoned with garlic, nutmeg, black peppercorns, ground pepper, salt and red wine.
Sauces
Chocolate sauce
Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallot, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.
> view pairingsBeef
Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.
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Aiguillette of guinea fowl with poivrade sauce
Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.
Veal
Veal escalope with Normandy sauce
Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.
> view pairingsConsommé and Soup
Borscht
Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).
Game birds
Young partridge with fondant potatoes
Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Fondant potatoes : potatoes braised in a white stock (veal and/or poultry broth combined with vegetable stock) with butter.
Veal
Veal grenadine with morels
Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Spring vegetable aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Desserts
Calisson
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Mixture of candied melon and almond powder with an egg glaze, set on a sheet of unleavened bread.
One of the 13 traditional desserts of Provençal Christmas.


