All dishes:

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with morel, button mushroom and cream

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Bay scallop risotto

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

Poultry

Roast duck breast with porcini mushrooms

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Acadian tourtière

Canada. Quebec.
A pie made with at least 50% cubed pork meat, flavored with cinnamon and cloves.
The meat can be accompanied by other meats (beef, turkey, game…), celery, bacon, onion, potatoes…

Sea fish

Halibut fillets with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

Desserts

Chestnut mousse with orange

Main meals

Pot roast

United States.
Dish made with a piece of beef slowly braised in liquid with vegetables such as carrots, celery, onions, and potatoes.

Warm starters

Spanakopita

Greece.
Phyllo pastry stuffed with spinach with shallot, egg, onion, feta or ricotta.

Sea fish

Braised salmon

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

Sea fish

Smoked haddock with poached eggs in cream sauce

Poultry

Chicken Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.

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

Pigeon with black truffle

Desserts

Rhubarb fig crêpe aumoniere with golden raisin cream

Main meals

Ravioles du Dauphiné with fresh cream

Dauphiné raviole : filled pasta (cottage cheese and parsley).

Cheeses

Boerenkaas

Netherlands. South Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 2 weeks minimum.

Desserts

Candied citrus fruits

Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

Desserts

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed green asparagus in olive oil

Cheeses

Brie de Meaux stuffed with pistachios

Pork

Pig’s trotters pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

Condiments

Ginger