All dishes:

Sea fish

Sole fillets with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

Sea fish

Smoked herring filets

Cheeses

Montgomery’s Cheddar

United Kingdom. Somerset.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.

Sea fish

Roast turbot

Desserts

Mango charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom cannelloni

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lamb’s lettuce salad

Beef

Grilled striploin

Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with sweet spices

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
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.

Main meals

Fondue savoyarde

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Traditional fondue made with melted cheese (Beaufort, Comté, Emmental, Gruyère, Tomme de Savoie) in which small pieces of bread are dipped.

Freshwater fish

Pike terrine

Sauces

Béchamel sauce

Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

Desserts

Mirabelle plum tart

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Salted flan

Flan : eggs beaten into milk and flour, baked in the oven.

Beef

Roasted beef cut with pepper sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

Desserts

Chocolate cake

Desserts

Cold red berry soup

Rabbit

Rabbit galantine

Galantine : mixture of meat and bacon sliced or chopped then boiled.

Cold starters

Sea bass carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

Sea fish

Roasted turbot with spices

Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled bay scallops

Cheeses

Trappe de Timadeuc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

Desserts

Caramel merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.