All dishes:

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Consommé and Soup

Pork goulash

Salads

Celery salad

Cold starters

Crab stuffed avocado

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cumin-spiced roasted carrots

Offal and tripe

Veal sweetbreads with white truffle

Sheep and Goats

Roasted lamb fillet

Desserts

Raspberry crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

Cheeses

Old Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 12 to 18 months.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Porcini mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

Cheeses

Persillé de Tignes

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Tignes.
Blue cheese made from a blend of raw goat’s (80%) and cow’s (20%) milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and natural rind.

Cold starters

Fish pâté

Served hot.

Cheeses

Old Kentucky Tomme

United States. Indiana.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 months.

Desserts

Caramel yule log

Beef

Braised oxtails in red wine sauce

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

Desserts

Grapefruit cream

Sauces

Bretonne sauce

Bretonne sauce : garlic and onion reduction with white wine added with fresh tomato and reduced.

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop skewers with coral sauce

Coral sauce : scallop coral blended with crème fraîche and spices.

Beef

Beef tongue with sauce ravigote

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

Cheeses

Holey cow

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

Poultry

Spit roasted chicken

Cheeses

St. Malachi

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

Game animals

Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce

A la cuillère : meat slow-cooked in a casserole dish (4 to 8 hours at 160°C), hollowed out and stuffed, then gratinéed before serving.
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.

Salads

Cervelat salad

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cervelas sausage cut into cubes or strips, mixed with onions and served with a cider or white wine vinaigrette.
Can be served with steamed potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.