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Meal and wine pairing

L’Etoile

Still wine

Serve at: 08-10. °C (46-50 °F)

This wine is paired well with 55meals

Meal families

Main meals

Aligot

Aligot : mashed potatoes mixed with butter, cream, crushed garlic, and melted cheese (Tome fraîche de l’Aubrac).

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Appetizers

Antipasti

« before the meal »

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Appetizers

Arancini

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, usually stuffed with ragu, peas and cheese, or diced ham and mozzarella./ Served hot.

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Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Savoie.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Poultry

Chicken fricassee

Fricassée : stew of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or chicken in cream sauce.

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Desserts

Chocolate and pear dome cake

Dark chocolate dome filled with chocolate mousse.

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Warm starters

Comté cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Comté fruité

France. Franche-Comté.
Hard cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Coolea with Cumin Seed

Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Main meals

Fondue savoyarde

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Traditional Savoie cheese fondue (Beaufort, Comté, Emmenthal, Gruyère, Tomme de Savoie) where small cubes of bread are dipped.

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Appetizers

Gougères with Comté

Gougères stuffed with Comté cheese.

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Veal

Lucullus veal cutlet

Veal cutlet wrapped by bacon or ham and melted cheese.

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Veal

Lucullus veal escalope

Two veal escalopes around bacon or ham and melted cheese.

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Cheeses

Mont d’or

France. Franche-Comté. Haut-Doubs.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Available from September 10 to May 10.

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