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Main dishes anchor the meal. This category gathers poultry, seafood, meat, pasta, grains, and plant-forward recipes with clear methods and satisfying structure.

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Selle de Veau à la Romanoff

Chef Juliette

Selle de Veau à la Romanoff

Selle de Veau à la Romanoff rebuilds a braised saddle with creamed mushrooms between the collops, coral-tinged Béchamel, tender fennel, and clear jus, its grandeur resting on one precise butter.

Selle de Veau à la Tosca

Chef Juliette

Selle de Veau à la Tosca

Selle de Veau à la Tosca turns reconstruction into supper: tender veal collops lifted on truffled macaroni, veiled with Mornay, glazed gold, and served with clear, concentrated braising liquor.

Selle de Veau à la Rénaissance

Chef Juliette

Selle de Veau à la Rénaissance

Selle de Veau à la Rénaissance puts the whole classical table on one platter: tender glazed veal, seven spring vegetables kept distinct, and a clear braising liquor served alongside for a generous parade.

Selle de Veau à la Talleyrand

Chef Juliette

Selle de Veau à la Talleyrand

Truffle-studded veal, gently braised and glazed, arrives with macaroni bound in butter, Gruyère, Parmesan, foie gras, and more truffle: a grand whole joint translated faithfully for four.

Selle de Veau Froide

Chef Juliette

Selle de Veau Froide

Selle de Veau Froide turns one careful braise into an entire cold supper: tender veal, bright vegetable macédoine, precise jelly dice, and the reduced, degreased cooking liquor served as its own sauce.

Loin of Veal

Chef Juliette

Loin of Veal

Longe de veau braisée turns the chump end into a burnished, sliceable joint with a supple gravy, proving that the quiet braise, not fierce roasting, gives veal its deepest succulence.

Neck of Veal

Chef Juliette

Neck of Veal

Carré de veau braisé proves that a pale braise can carry deep flavour: bacon-barded veal, gentle stock, patient basting, and a reduced gravy that clings without heaviness.

Short Loin of Veal

Chef Juliette

Short Loin of Veal

A bone-in veal loin braised as white meat should be, lightly browned, basted often, and pulled at the first tender blush, with its own reduced juices polished into a butter-glossed sauce.

Chump of Veal or Quasi

Chef Juliette

Chump of Veal or Quasi

The quasi teaches the quiet discipline of a white-meat braise: gentle browning, patient basting, and a final reduction that turns humble stock and pan fond into a butter-glossed jus.

Cushion of Veal (Relevés)

Chef Juliette

Cushion of Veal (Relevés)

A veal relevé scaled for four: the fat-capped haunch joint takes two stock glazes, a careful oven braise, and a brief broiler lacquer, yielding rosy slices and an incomparable gravy.

Adjuncts to Cushion of Veal

Chef Juliette

Adjuncts to Cushion of Veal

Noix de veau asks for one well-cooked garnish, not a parade: rosy slices, a glossy natural jus, and a bright macédoine whose vegetables remain distinct under their coat of butter.

Noix de Veau en Surprise

Chef Juliette

Noix de Veau en Surprise

A bronzed veal cushion conceals a glossy mushroom salpicon beneath its fitted lid, then arrives whole so the first generous slice reveals the careful work hidden inside.

Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Macédoine

Chef Juliette

Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Macédoine

A braised veal cushion becomes its own serving case, layered with buttered macédoine and neat slices from the hollowed centre, then warmed whole and served with its glossy liquor.

Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Pithiviers

Chef Juliette

Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Pithiviers

Noix de veau becomes its own serving case, holding whole stuffed quail, minced mushroom, truffle, and glossy demi-glace, then revealing the tender veal sliced around it at the table.

Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Toulousaine

Chef Juliette

Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Toulousaine

A braised veal cushion becomes its own serving case, holding pale chicken quenelles, tender sweetbreads, cocks’ combs, mushrooms, and truffle in glossy sauce Allemande, a grand construction disciplined by simplicity.

Noix de Veau Froide à la Caucasienne

Chef Juliette

Noix de Veau Froide à la Caucasienne

Cool, rosy veal layered with anchovy-chive butter, arranged around a firm tomato purée dome and bright dice of clear aspic: the grand cold platter made practical for four.

Noix de Veau Froide à la Suédoise

Chef Juliette

Noix de Veau Froide à la Suédoise

A grand cold buffet translated for one table: tender veal, salted tongue, and horseradish butter circling a jewel-like vegetable salad, all held with aspic and served with a sharp, silken mayonnaise.

Longes, Carrés et Noix de Veau Froids

Chef Juliette

Longes, Carrés et Noix de Veau Froids

Cold veal, cooked just rosy, glazed with crystal-clear aspic, and set among jewel-like macédoine, mayonnaise-bound artichokes, and jelly cubes: the French buffet translated for four.

Fricandeau (Relevé)

Chef Juliette

Fricandeau (Relevé)

A finely larded cushion of veal, braised until a spoon passes through it, then basted beneath fierce heat until its own reduced liquor becomes a deep, savory lacquer.

Fricandeau Froid

Chef Juliette

Fricandeau Froid

Fricandeau froid turns one careful braise into a cold luncheon centerpiece: larded veal sliced tender, its clarified liquor set around it as jelly, then half-melted and brushed over the top.

Poitrine de Veau Farcie

Chef Juliette

Poitrine de Veau Farcie

A family braise with real discipline: veal breast wrapped around pork forcemeat and duxelles, cooked gently under short moistening, then glazed until bronze and glossy in its own reduced juices.

Tête de Veau (Relevé and Entrée)

Chef Juliette

Tête de Veau (Relevé and Entrée)

Tête de veau kept pale in a flour blanc, sliced tender with its tongue and delicate brain collops beside it: the classical luncheon platter made manageable for four without surrendering its method.

Tête de Veau à l’Anglaise

Chef Juliette

Tête de Veau à l’Anglaise

A pale, tender half calf’s head, poached bone-in through a lemon flour blanc, then brought to lunch with boiled bacon, vivid green parsley, and a generous sauceboat at its side.

Tête de Veau à la Financière

Chef Juliette

Tête de Veau à la Financière

Tête de veau à la financière turns humble offal into a generous centerpiece: tender calf's head, tongue, and brain beneath glossy Madeira sauce crowded with quenelles, cockscombs, mushrooms, sweetbreads, and truffle.

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