All dishes:

Pork

Suckling pig with apple

Cheeses

Buxton blue

United Kingdom. Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Staffordshire.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk with a deep russet colouring and a cylindrical shape.

Sauces

Perigueux sauce

Perigueux sauce : reduction of white wine or Madeira with a blonde roux to which diced black truffles are added.

Salads

Lettuce with fresh cream

Desserts

Sablé with salted butter and cherry jam

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster turban civet with spring garnish

Turban : dish presented in a crown shape.
Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

Sheep and Goats

Knuckle of lamb with olives

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

Desserts

Strawberry miror glaze cake

Miror glaze cake : cold dessert made of mousse on a sponge cake, topped with a glaze.

Warm starters

Vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).

Cheeses

Saint-Jorge 6 meses

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 months.

Veal

Veal escalope with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

Sea fish

Pavé of salmon with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

Poultry

Stuffed fattened chicken

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

Desserts

Mendiants

Mendiants : chocolate disk garnished with candied fruits and dried fruits (originally almonds, figs, hazelnuts, raisins)

Game birds

Roasted pheasant

Cheeses

Picodon

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made goat’s milk with a natural rind.

Game animals

Saddle of hare a la royale

A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.

Poultry

Danish roast goose

Roast goose stuffed with onion, apple and prunes.

Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Patrão

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 months.

Desserts

Caramelized apricots and apples with a spiced ice cream

Poultry

Duck a l’orange with celery purée

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

Sea fish

Grilled pavé of tuna with herbs

Desserts

Apricot and almond ramekin

Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Beef salted with spices and herbs then dried.