Meal and wine pairing

Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage with shallots

Sausage cooked with white wine, butter and shallot.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Apicius pie

Pie stuffed with chicken, honey and spices.

Cheeses

Ardrahan

Ireland. Cork.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

Beef

Beef bourguignon

Long cooking over low heat in a closed container of beef cooked in red wine with mushrooms, onions and bacon. Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.

Main meals

Beef cheek hachis parmentier with black truffle

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

Beef

Beef daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

Beef

Beef fillet with chanterelle

Sheep and Goats

Beef irish stew

Ireland.
Beef stew with carrots, onions and potatoes.
Traditional dish.

Beef

Beef skewers

Beef

Beef tenderloin in puff pastry

Beef

Beef tenderloin in puff pastry with duck foie gras and black truffles

Beef

Beef tenderloin with porcini

Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

Beef

Beef Wellington

Beef fillet in puff pastry with spices like curry or ginger.

Beef

Beef with black truffle sauce

Black truffle sauce : fresh cream and veal stock (or poultry stock) with the addition of diced black truffles and shallots.

Pork

Black pudding

Pork

Black pudding pan fried

Pork

Black pudding with apple

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

Sauces

Black truffle butter

Black truffle butter: butter with black truffle and Cognac.