Food referenced throughout the series
Garlic bread with rosemary garnish
Shrimp and sparkling wine bisque
Scallop and orange salad served in a tulip
Peacock confit in burnt honey and lavender sauce with figs
Hibiscus and sumac shrimp étouffée served with roasted plantains and yellow rice
Raspberry tart
Raspberry-and-rose religieuse
Lamb rack dipped in harissa and pomegranate molasses
Sun-dried tomatoes sprinkled with tarragon
Quail eggs trivette
Goat cheese–stuffed hibiscus flowers
Beignets
Saffron risotto towers
Figs wrapped in cured ham
Cheesecakes topped with red berries and pansy flowers
Banana flambé
Orange ice cream garnished with candied lavender almonds, orange peel and violets, and flakes of gold leaf, drenched in orange brandy liqueur and spiced syrup
Goat’s cheese, fig and lavender galettes
Spiced brioche with lemon jam
Honeycombs
Éclairs garnished with nuts, berries and edible blooms
Bruschetta topped with sheep’s cheese, sliced pears and pansies
Butter-poached lobster served with seaweed tartare, borage flowers, and sparkling nectar wine sauce
Lemon pound cake glazed with vanilla
Macarons stuffed with cherries
Swan in rose petal sauce
Strawberry shortcake
Vanilla crème éclairs topped with violet icing sugar
Cinnamon toast
Lavender-almond croissants with cornflower butter
Lamb tongue seasoned with mushroom and red chrain
Seafood platter (lobster with dill and chive butter, oysters with pickled cucumber and roe)
Ukha
Hot blood soup served with onion and flecks of putrid cheese
Roasted bone marrow with chive butter and a dollop of caviar
Braised whale hearts stuffed with mushrooms, truffles, and fatty goose liver
Poppyseed cake
Medovik
Buttered black bread
Toffee apples
Red cake garnished with whipped cream