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.

Poultry

Alsatian roast goose

Stuffed goose serve with sauerkraut.

Sauces

Americaine sauce

Lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage with shallots

Sausage cooked with white wine, butter and shallot.

Main meals

Baeckeoffe

France. Alsace.
Dish of potatoes, meat and vegetables cooked with spices and white wine.

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with caviar

Cheeses

Bamalou

France. Pyrenees. Ariège.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months.

Poultry

Basque-style chicken

Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

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

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

Beef

Beef tenderloin

Beef

Beef tongue

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 tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

Cheeses

Bent River

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.

Cheeses

Berkswell

United Kingdom. West Midlands.
Hard sheep's raw milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

Pork

Bitter-sweet pork

Chine. Canton.
Dish of pork cut into small square pieces, fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sometimes with: pineapple, carrot, chopped onions and/or pepper.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

Eggs

Black truffle omelette

Eggs

Black truffle omelette with mushrooms

Warm starters

Black truffle raviole

Ravioles : filled pasta smaller and less thick than raviolis.

Beef

Boeuf à la mode

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