All dishes:

Cheeses

Shropshire blue

United Kingdom.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 10 to 12 weeks.

Eggs

Oeufs en meurette

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Poached eggs with red wine sauce, bacon lardons and onion compote.

Poultry

Sauteed turkey with chasseur sauce

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

Freshwater fish

Trout with Saint George’s mushrooms in parchment

Desserts

Warm molten chocolate cake

Sea fish

Pickled sardines

Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Mornay sauce

Mornay sauce : béchamel sauce with grated cheese.

Beef

Steak-frites

Beef

Pan-seared entrecote with french fries

Poultry

Chicken supreme with maitre d’hotel butter

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

Sea fish

Breaded fish fillets

Sheep and Goats

Spicy 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.

Freshwater fish

Carp in beer

Cheeses

Castelmagno with honey and black truffle

Pork

Braised pork shoulder

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

Shellfish and Seafood

Razor shell a la plancha

Desserts

Plum meringue tart

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

Main meals

Spicy fondue

Fondue made with Gruyère, red and green bell peppers, and chili pepper.

Cheeses

Vendôme cendré

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Villiers-sur-Loir.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

Desserts

Praline 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.

Desserts

Strawberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

Cheeses

Tres leches

Spain. Asturias.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with a virgin olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

Main meals

Basque piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on peppers, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat, or fish.