All dishes:

Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Sauces

Aïoli

Provençale sauce.
An emulsion made with garlic and olive oil, sometimes enriched with egg yolk or lemon juice.

Desserts

Passion fruit soufflé

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and Parma ham

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Bordeaux-style porcini mushrooms

Porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.

Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices such as curry or ginger.

Sheep and Goats

Lamb navarin

Navarin : stew.

Eggs

Shirred eggs

Desserts

Bugnes lyonnaises

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Regional donut variety.

Veal

Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

Poultry

Roasted capon

Poultry

Roasted duck with turnip confit

Desserts

Strawberry and rhubard tart

Beef

Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

Poultry

Roasted duckling à la goutte de sang

Duckling : young duck.
Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

Pork

Pork roast with sage

Main meals

Crab rice pilaf

Pilaf : wheat, quinoa or rice cooked in a seasoned broth in the oven or or casserole dish.

Warm starters

Ziwwelküeche

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

Game animals

Wild boar fillet with black truffle en croûte

Desserts

Pineapple surprise

Slices of pineapple glazed with caramel, topped with a brioche soaked in cream.

Desserts

Pineapple sable

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

Desserts

White chocolate 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.

Salads

Smoked salmon and spinach salad