All dishes:

Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).

Main meals

Langoustine sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

Cheeses

Le bleu 1924

France.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

Ice cream and sorbets

Honey ice cream

Beef

Charolais beef pavé with peppercorn sauce

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

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut : finely shredded cabbage, finely chopped and fermented in brine.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Zucchini gratin

Pairs well with grilled shellfish, fish, or white or red meat.
Served cold, warm or hot.

Game birds

Young partridge salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

Desserts

Pièce montée

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

Veal

Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

Desserts

Crème aux œufs

Eggs beaten with milk and sugar, baked in the oven.

Cold starters

Pike mousse with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

Sheep and Goats

Grilled lamb 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

Pear tarte Tatin

Others

Spring rolls

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

Desserts

Plum tart

Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce and mushrooms

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Poultry

Chicken skewers

Consommé and Soup

Zurrukutuna

Basque Country.
Soup made with cod, peppers and garlic.

Offal and tripe

Lamb’s brain with black butter

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

Freshwater fish

Carp in beer

Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

Desserts

Tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream

Desserts

Peach clafoutis