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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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Ris de Veau aux Queues d’Écrevisses

Chef Juliette

Ris de Veau aux Queues d’Écrevisses

Sweetbreads braised without colour, truffle tucked inside, crayfish tails bound in cream, and filled carapaces at the ends: a generous formal platter whose deepest flavour comes from the shells.

Ris de Veau à la Régence

Chef Juliette

Ris de Veau à la Régence

Ris de Veau à la Régence sets pale-braised sweetbreads among truffled quenelles, grooved mushrooms, curled cocks' combs, and olive-cut truffle, with ivory sauce Allemande served separately: the old register made workable at home.

Ris de Veau sous la Cendre

Chef Juliette

Ris de Veau sous la Cendre

Truffle-studded veal sweetbreads rest on salted tongue beneath burnished short paste, then receive Madeira half-glaze through the vent: a grand sealed parcel made workable for one attentive cook.

Ris de Veau à la Toulousaine

Chef Juliette

Ris de Veau à la Toulousaine

Pale-braised veal sweetbreads, studded with black truffle and ringed with the full Toulousaine garnish, teach the discipline of building richness without browning, then carrying it with a silken, mushroom-scented Sauce Allemande.

Croustade de Ris de Veau à la Financière

Chef Juliette

Croustade de Ris de Veau à la Financière

Four pale, fluted croustades cradle tiny chicken quenelles, grooved mushrooms, Madeira half-glaze, and tender braised sweetbread under black truffle, a lesson in timing, contrast, and grand French generosity scaled for home.

Pâté Chaud de Ris de Veau

Chef Juliette

Pâté Chaud de Ris de Veau

Pâté chaud de ris de veau turns pastry into architecture: a burnished dome around chicken forcemeat, sliced sweetbread, mushrooms, truffle, and stiff Allemande, cut in generous wedges while hot.

Timbale de Ris de Veau

Chef Juliette

Timbale de Ris de Veau

Timbale de Ris de Veau turns pastry, sweetbreads, chicken mousseline, mushrooms, and truffle into one generous lesson: keep the shell crisp, the Allemande silken, and join them only at the table.

Vol au Vent de Ris de Veau

Chef Juliette

Vol au Vent de Ris de Veau

Vol-au-Vent de Ris de Veau makes its hierarchy plain: burnished pastry, satin sauce Allemande, sweetbread in generous slices, and crayfish at the rim, with the sweetbread always commanding the dish.

Ris de Veau à la Richelieu

Chef Juliette

Ris de Veau à la Richelieu

Ris de Veau à la Richelieu turns a careful Bonne-Maman braise into a cold truffled cocotte, with tender sweetbreads and vegetable julienne suspended beneath clear, savory jelly.

Ris de Veau à la Suédoise

Chef Juliette

Ris de Veau à la Suédoise

A pale pastry crust filled with mayonnaise-bound vegetables and crowned with chilled sweetbread, horseradish butter, and tongue: the composed cold entrée that rewards patience, clean slicing, and exact seasoning.

Palets de Ris de Veau à l’Écarlate

Chef Juliette

Palets de Ris de Veau à l’Écarlate

Cold palets of pressed sweetbread, mustard butter, scarlet tongue and truffle under clear aspic, arranged with geometric calm and served beside horseradish cream and Salade Italienne.

Foie de Veau Braisé à la Bourgeoise

Chef Juliette

Foie de Veau Braisé à la Bourgeoise

A whole calf's liver larded with seasoned bacon, gently braised in white wine, brown stock, and Espagnole, then ringed plainly with carrots and onions: cuisine bourgeoise with discipline, not display.

Foie de Veau à l’Anglaise

Chef Juliette

Foie de Veau à l’Anglaise

Foie de Veau à l’Anglaise teaches the narrow timing of liver: thin slices, a whisper of flour, hot butter, crisp bacon, and a swift beurre noisette finish before tenderness slips away.

Brochettes de Foie de Veau

Chef Juliette

Brochettes de Foie de Veau

Brochettes de Foie de Veau turn delicate liver, salt pork, mushrooms, duxelles, and fine crumbs into a generous grill, provided the liver is stiffened in butter before the skewer is built.

Foie de Veau à l’Espagnole

Chef Juliette

Foie de Veau à l’Espagnole

Calf’s liver stays tender beneath a fine flour crust, with grilled tomatoes, crisp onion roundels, and fried parsley beside it. Oil, quick heat, and an orderly stove make this generous old plate entirely at home.

Foie de Veau Sauté aux Fines Herbes

Chef Juliette

Foie de Veau Sauté aux Fines Herbes

Foie de veau at its best: tender, butter-gilded slices in a glossy sauce aux fines herbes, with quick heat doing the work and one pan carrying every browned flavor to the table.

Pain de Foie de Veau

Chef Juliette

Pain de Foie de Veau

Pain de Foie de Veau, enriched with cold panada, egg, and cream, then gently poached and turned out under Duxelles: the forcemeat that teaches temperature, patience, and the value of a fine sieve.

Côtes de Veau

Chef Juliette

Côtes de Veau

Côtes de Veau teaches the true sauté: dry bone-in chops, clarified butter, lively heat, then Madeira lifted through the fond and rounded with a pale veal glaze.

Côte de Veau à la Bonne Femme

Chef Juliette

Côte de Veau à la Bonne Femme

Four veal chops, browned deeply in butter and covered with pearl onions and potato roundels, finish gently in one pot, where their juices make the only sauce this generous bonne femme supper needs.

Côte de Veau en Casserole

Chef Juliette

Côte de Veau en Casserole

Côte de veau at its most disciplined: thick rib chops turned patiently in quiet butter, finished with one spoonful of veal gravy, and served from the casserole that cooked them.

Côte de Veau en Cocotte à la Paysanne

Chef Juliette

Côte de Veau en Cocotte à la Paysanne

Côte de Veau en Cocotte à la Paysanne teaches the quiet art of browning first and cooking gently after: veal, salt pork, onions, and potato triangles sharing butter and their own juices in one pot.

Côte de Veau à la Dreux

Chef Juliette

Côte de Veau à la Dreux

Each veal chop becomes a lesson in precision: tongue, ham and truffle show cleanly through its trimmed surface, while quenelles, mushrooms, olives and truffled demi-glace complete the generous classical garnish.

Côte de Veau Milanaise

Chef Juliette

Côte de Veau Milanaise

Parmesan in the crumb is the mark: a thin veal chop fried bronze in clarified butter, with tomato-cheese macaroni carrying Madeira-warmed ham, tongue, mushroom, and truffle beside it.

Côte de Veau Papillote

Chef Juliette

Côte de Veau Papillote

Côte de Veau en Papillote seals butter-browned veal, Duxelles, sliced mushroom, and ham inside oiled paper, then lets the hot oven inflate the parcel for its generous opening at the table.

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