All dishes:

Cheeses

Jeffs’ Select Gouda

United States. Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

Veal

Veal escalope with mushrooms

Cold starters

Avocado mousse with smoked salmon

Cheeses

Stichelton

United Kingdom. Nottinghamshire.
Blue cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk with a natural rind.

Sheep and Goats

Roasted kid goat with rosemary

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flamiche with Maroilles cheese

Cooked meats

Cold buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.

Veal

Veal escalope with cream sauce and porcini mushrooms

Desserts

Mirabelle plum compote

Desserts

Gâteau de Saint-Genix

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Brioche filled and stuffed with red pralines.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Scallop risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

Desserts

Chocolate mousse with orange zest

Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb en croûte

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte

Rabbit stew with white wine.

Main meals

Makizushi

Roll of dried seaweed (nori) containing a layer of rice surrounding fish or vegetables, all cut into slices.

Beef

Steak au poivre vert

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

Warm starters

Langoustine puff pastry

Poultry

Duck with red curry

Red curry : complex combination of spices or aromatic herbs (garlic, shallot, red chili, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, pepper and lemongrass) with coconut milk and fish sauce.

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.

Poultry

Duck a l’orange with celery purée

A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.

Desserts

Chocolate meringue cake topped with caramel

Pork

Pork roast 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.