All dishes:

Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

Shellfish and Seafood

Cockles and persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

Desserts

Rabote picarde

France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Oise. Somme. (Picardy).
Apple wrapped in puff pastry.

Pork

Diots with lentils

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

Pork

Sautéed pork fillet mignon

Pork

Knuckle of pork with sauerkraut

Desserts

Peach tart

Sauces

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.

Main meals

Duck foie gras raviole with black truffle

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with porcini

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach

Sauces

Remoulade sauce

Remoulade sauce : mayonnaise with capers, gherkins and mixed herbs (parsley, chives, chervil and tarragon).

Poultry

Supreme of guinea-fowl with cream sauce

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Sheep and Goats

Roast lamb with herbs

Cooked meats

Trush pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

Sea fish

Grilled darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

Cheeses

Appenzeller Surchoix

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.
Gold label.

Desserts

Apple roses

Main meals

Couscous

Steamed wheat semolina served with fish, meat, fish, or vegetable stew, accompanied by a spiced broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pizza alla puttanesca

Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives, and bell peppers.

Appetizers

Smoked salmon toast with a drizzle of lemon juice

Poultry

Squab 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

Pomme d’amour

France.
Apple coated with a hard red caramel and held at the end of a stick.

Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.