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Cheeses
Tête de moine Extra
Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : over 6 months.
Beef
Bordeaux style rib steak
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted shoulder of lamb with spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Guacamole with lobster
Guacamole : preparation made with mashed avocado, fresh cilantro, lime juice, onions, fresh chili, tomatoes and salt.
Poultry
Pigeon en vessie with cream sauce
En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Cheeses
Asiago pressato
Italy. Trentino-Alto Adige.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole cow’s milk.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Vatrushka with vanilla
Russia. Ukraine.
Brioche-style cake filled with cream cheese, sometimes flavored.
Sauces
Albufera sauce
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.
Beef
Roasted beef tenderloin with porcini mushroom sauce
Porcini mushroom sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.
Pork
Mixed vegetables
Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.
Veal
Wiener Schnitzel with anchovies and capers
Originally the wiener schnitzel contained anchovies and capers.
Cheeses
Mascarpone
Italy. Lombardy. Lodi.
Fresh cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk with very high fat content, coagulated by adding lemon juice or white vinegar.
This is the equivalent of the cream in Italian cuisine.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Caponata
Italy. Sicilia.
Vegetable stew (eggplant, capers, celery, onion, green olives, and tomato) cooked with olive oil and vinegar.
Served hot or cold.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted saddle of lamb with garlic and thyme
Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Cheeses
Emmental
Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese
Furred game
Roasted venison with sauce poivrade
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.
Cheeses
Queso de Mahón-Menorca curado
Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk, brown in color.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Cold starters
Tuna tataki with sesame
Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)