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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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Soufflé de Jambon Perigourdine

Chef Juliette

Soufflé de Jambon Perigourdine

Black truffle runs in dark seams through a lofty ham soufflé, its crown butter-gold and its centre tender. The lesson is structure: build a strong panade, fold lightly, layer faithfully, and bake without waiting.

Mousses et Mousselines Chaudes de Jambon

Chef Juliette

Mousses et Mousselines Chaudes de Jambon

One chilled ham farce becomes either a generous moulded mousse or eight egg-shaped mousselines, poached gently to a tender satin set. The entire dish turns on testing the ham's salt before cooking.

Treatment and Accompaniment of Ham Mousse

Chef Juliette

Treatment and Accompaniment of Ham Mousse

A rose-pink Mousse de Jambon rises gently in its covered bain-marie, settles before unmolding, and meets a glossy Sauce Suprême. The lesson is steady heat, not spectacle.

Treatment and Poaching of Ham Mousselines

Chef Juliette

Treatment and Poaching of Ham Mousselines

Mousselines de jambon turn chilled ham forcemeat into delicate, meringue-shaped portions, decorated by hand and poached at precisely a tremble. Keep the water below a boil and they stay light, tender, and whole.

Mousselines de Jambon Alexandra

Chef Juliette

Mousselines de Jambon Alexandra

Silken ham mousselines crowned with truffle, napped in Parmesan-enriched Sauce Allemande, glazed in one fierce flash, and ringed around buttered asparagus: a lesson in giving delicate forcemeat exactly the heat it needs.

Mousselines de Jambon à la Florentine

Chef Juliette

Mousselines de Jambon à la Florentine

Mousselines de Jambon à la Florentine turn chilled ham forcemeat into four tender individual moulds, set over buttered spinach, napped with sauce Allemande, and flashed beneath the broiler until Parmesan bronzes.

Mousselines de Jambon à la Hongroise

Chef Juliette

Mousselines de Jambon à la Hongroise

Paprika is the character in these silken ham mousselines, gently poached, coated with onion-rich Sauce Hongroise, quickly glazed, and gathered around a golden mound of cauliflower gratin.

Mousselines de Jambon aux Petits Pois

Chef Juliette

Mousselines de Jambon aux Petits Pois

Silken ham mousselines, glossy petits pois, and Parmesan-rich Sauce Allemande meet beneath a fierce broiler, teaching the precise finish that protects tenderness while giving the classical crown its golden surface.

Jambon Froid à la Gelée

Chef Juliette

Jambon Froid à la Gelée

A chilled ham with a glass-clear coat and neat aspic dice: a lesson in patient cooling, firm pressing, and glazing only when both ham and gelée are cold enough to hold.

Jambon Soufflé Froid

Chef Juliette

Jambon Soufflé Froid

A bone-in ham rebuilt with cool, satin-smooth mousse, where concentrated stock supplies structure and whipped cream gives the lift. Grand in outline, generous on the plate, and manageable by one cook.

Mousse Froide de Jambon

Chef Juliette

Mousse Froide de Jambon

Lean ham, cold Velouté, flowing aspic, and half-beaten cream become a pale, savory mousse with a clean slice. Keep every element cold and the aspic fluid, because temperature is the whole technique.

Mousse Froide de Jambon à l’Alsacienne

Chef Juliette

Mousse Froide de Jambon à l’Alsacienne

A cold Alsatian centerpiece of fine ham mousse, chilled foie-gras Parfait shells, and clear Madeira chicken aspic, built layer by layer so every spoonful stays distinct, rich, and clean.

Mousse de Jambon au Blanc de Poulet

Chef Juliette

Mousse de Jambon au Blanc de Poulet

A pale, gleaming composition of savory ham mousse, white-poached chicken suprêmes, chaud-froid, and clear aspic, built in patient layers so every chilled slice stands clean and generous.

Mousselines Froides de Jambon

Chef Juliette

Mousselines Froides de Jambon

A satin ham mousse set over clear aspic in little cassolettes, its paper collar holding each portion proudly above the rim: cold, generous, and made ahead for the table.

Pullets and Capons for Relevés

Chef Juliette

Pullets and Capons for Relevés

Three roads through the Paris poultry canon, poach, poêler, or braise, with one rule beneath them all: protect the breast with bacon while the legs cook, then turn the liquor into sauce.

The Way to Serve Poultry Relevés Quickly and Hot

Chef Juliette

The Way to Serve Poultry Relevés Quickly and Hot

The service method that protects a grand poultry dish: carve the suprêmes in the kitchen, keep them in their liquor, rebuild the bird with pilaf, and send every guest a hot, complete plate.

Poularde Albufera

Chef Juliette

Poularde Albufera

The marshal’s poularde teaches gentle poaching: a rice-stuffed bird held at a bare tremble, then cloaked in sauce Albuféra and surrounded by truffle tartlets, tiny quenelles, mushrooms, and salted tongue.

Poularde Alexandra

Chef Juliette

Poularde Alexandra

Poularde Alexandra turns one poached bird into a small ceremony: truffle and tongue in the sliced suprêmes, feather-light mousseline beneath a bronzed Mornay coat, and buttered asparagus tartlets all around.

Poularde Ambassadrice

Chef Juliette

Poularde Ambassadrice

A truffle-studded poularde, gently braised in Matignon, rebuilt over buttered asparagus, and coated with sauce suprême that clings in an ivory veil, with glazed lamb sweetbreads ringing the platter.

Poularde Andalouse

Chef Juliette

Poularde Andalouse

Poularde Andalouse teaches the border between poêling and braising: keep the bird unmoistened in butter, then marry its liquor with tomato demi-glace and flank it with rice-filled peppers and golden eggplant.

Poularde à l’Anglaise

Chef Juliette

Poularde à l’Anglaise

An ivory-cloaked poularde, gently poached and ringed with salted tongue, carrot and turnip balls, peas, and celery: a lesson in drawing deep chicken flavor without allowing one careless boil.

Poularde à l’Aurore

Chef Juliette

Poularde à l’Aurore

A pale, tender poularde beneath glossy Aurore Sauce (No. 60), encircled by soft chicken quenelles and salted tongue: gentle poaching made generous enough for the dinner table.

Poularde à la Beaufort

Chef Juliette

Poularde à la Beaufort

Foie gras and sausage inside, truffle through the flesh, and barely enough braising liquor below: Poularde à la Beaufort is the celebration bird that teaches restraint.

Poularde Bouillie à l’Anglaise

Chef Juliette

Poularde Bouillie à l’Anglaise

Poularde Bouillie à l’Anglaise turns a plump bird, unsmoked bacon, and pot-au-feu vegetables into a pale, tender feast, with parsley sauce and clear liquor served separately, all decided by one barely trembling poach.

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