Starter
Grilled leeks and leek juice
Frédéric Molina, chef at the Auberge du Moulin de Léré, has come up with an original recipe that uses leeks in three different ways: cellar-aged lacto-fermented, char-grilled and in concentrated juice, all accompanied by a wild boar ham and walnut oil sauce.
Rack of lamb roasted in pre-salted greens
Joseph Viola, chef at the Daniel et Denise restaurant in Lyon, creates an oven-roasted rack of salt-meadow lamb, crusted with butter parsley and curly parsley, accompanied by a lamb jus with white wine and lamb stock.
Main dish
Spring lamb navarin with rosemary
Xavier Mathieu, chef at La Table de Xavier Mathieu in Joucas, has created a springtime lamb navarin with rosemary, accompanied by thyme-glazed carrots and crunchy peas, for a colorful, flavorful dish that celebrates spring.
Starter
Figs and cloves, burrata, fig leaf snow and fig tart
Sandro Micheli, chef at the Louis XV - Alain Ducasse at the Hôtel de Paris in Monaco, has created an exceptional starter based around figs: a flaky tart topped with almond cream and marmalade, a burrata condiment with two marmalades, an iced snow with fig leaf wine and a fig sauce flavored with cloves.
Dessert
Fig Pavlova with mascarpone cream
Nicolas Sintes, chef at the Les Roches Blanches hotel in Cassis, proposes a light, springtime pavlova: crisp meringue topped with vanilla mascarpone cream and fresh figs, highlighted with a drizzle of honey.
Main dish
Tagliatelle with Sicilian pesto
Ignazio Messina, chef at Les Amis des Messina in Paris, offers a Sicilian pesto with almonds, fresh basil, sun-dried tomatoes and Parmesan, bound with tagliatelle thanks to the cooking water for a smooth, creamy texture.
Main dish
Tagliatelle with Sainte-Maure cream, shiitake and grilled fruit
Damien Chery and Antoine Jeudi, from Auberge du Bon Laboureur, offer tagliatelle topped with a smooth Sainte-Maure cheese cream, accompanied by poached shiitake and crushed grilled fruit, for a generous dish with the flavors of Touraine.
Main dish
Tagliatelle with wild garlic
Fabien Raux, chef at Restaurant de la Loire, uses wild garlic in all its forms: tagliatelle with walnut and Parmesan pesto, served on a smooth cream and garnished with buds marinated in Melfor vinegar.
Main dish
Tagliatelle with homemade gambas
Irwin Durand, chef at Irwin restaurant, shares his homemade version of tagliatelle with prawns: fresh homemade pasta topped with a cognac-concentrated shellfish jus, served with pan-fried prawns in butter, garlic and parsley.
Main dish
Pasta with bottarga
Edgar Bosquez, chef at Ékume, proposes a simple recipe: tagliatelle sprinkled with shavings of grated bottarga, spiced up with golden pink garlic, lemon zest and juice, fresh parsley and a dash of Espelette pepper.
Main dish
Tagliatelle with cockles, sage and lime cream
François-Xavier Sailly, chef at Le Schorre in Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, offers tagliatelle al dente topped with a lime-sage cream, accompanied by fresh cockles opened in white wine, for a generous seafood dish to be enjoyed straight away.
Main dish
Tagliatelle with porcini cream sauce
Pascal Dorche, chef at Le Pasturier in Gap, offers a recipe that's as simple as it is effective: tagliatelle topped with a creamy porcini mushroom sauce, seasoned with garlic and gratinated for a beautiful golden color.