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.

Cheeses

Ardrahan

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

Cheeses

Banon

France. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.

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.

Beef

Beef braised in red wine

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 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 daube and mashed potato with black truffle

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 daube with carrots

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 daube with raisins

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 Stroganov

Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).

Beef

Beef tenderloin in puff pastry

Pork

Black pudding

Pork

Black pudding pan fried

Pork

Black pudding with apple

Sheep and Goats

Blanquette of lamb with fresh mint

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

Cheeses

Bleu d’Auvergne

France. Massif Central.
Pasteurized or raw cow's milk blue cheese.

Cheeses

Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage

France. Rhône-Alpes. Dauphiné.
Blue-veined cow's milk cheese.

Cheeses

Blue cheese

Sheep's, goat's and/or cow's milk cheeses with mold in the cheese in colors between blue and grey-green.

Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat cooked in a pot over a low heat with white wine, carrots, onion and broth.

Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Game animals

Bordeaux style wild boar fillet

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Beef

Braised beef chuck

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

Poultry

Braised duck with turnips

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

Poultry

Braised duckling with turnips

Duckling : young duck.
Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..