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Pork
Diots with lentils
Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Canelé of Bordeaux
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Bordeaux.
Small cake from Bordeaux baked in a mold, originally made of copper, with a cylindrical shape and fluted edges, which gives it its name (from the Gascon word "canelat", meaning "gutter"). It has a soft and tender dough, flavored with rum and vanilla, and a thin, caramelized crust.
Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish 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.
Main courses
Nigirizushi
Vinegared rice hand-pressed and topped with an ingredient (raw or cooked fish, seafood, vegetables, etc.), usually served with wasabi.
Cheeses
Vermont Herdsman
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw whole cow's milk with a straw-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 12 months minimum.
Veal
Provençal veal paupiettes
Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallops with supreme sauce
Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.
Cheeses
Cabécou du Fel
France. Occitania. Aveyron.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.
Poultry
Sautéed squab with porcini mushroom cream sauce
Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Arancini al ragù
Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, filled with ragù (meat in tomato sauce) and peas.
Served hot.
Seafish
Sole with beurre noisette sauce
Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.
Freshwater fish
Roasted pike-perch fillets with hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
Seafish
Monkfish tail with green peppercorn sauce
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallops with americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Beef
Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted rack of 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.