All dishes:

Cheeses

Trappe de Bricquebec

France. Normandy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.

Sea fish

Sole fillets bonne femme

Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.

Salads

Chicken liver salad

Consommé and Soup

Gazpacho

Spain. Portugal.
Cold soup made from raw vegetables (cucumber, onion, pepper, tomato) blended with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, olive oil, salt and vinegar.

Cold starters

Crab mayonnaise salad

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops 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.

Cheeses

Appenzeller Extra

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Black label.

Desserts

Chocolate religieuse

Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.

Warm starters

Asparagus puff pastry

Beef

Charolais beef pavé with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

Game birds

Grilled quail 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.

Beef

Maultaschen

Germany. Baden-Württemberg.
Ravioli stuffed with meat, pan-fried until golden then poached in broth.
Served with a green salad.

Poultry

Chicken with black olives

Shellfish and Seafood

Clam fricassee

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

Salads

Crab and shrimp salad

Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

Poultry

Poached chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

Sea fish

Cod Biscay style

Poultry

Guinea fowl with paprika sauce

Paprika sauce : reduced velouté with cream, veal jus, onion, and paprika.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blinis with salmon and shirred eggs

Offal and tripe

Provençal style tripe

Tripe served with pan-seared tomatoes tossed with parsley, garlic, onions, and bread.

Cooked meats

Salami with green olives

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

Cooked meats

Speck

Austria. Tirol.
Smoked and cured ham with juniper notes.