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Meal and wine pairing

Saumur-Champigny

Red

Still wine

Serve at: 16-18. °C (61-64 °F)

This wine is paired well with 320meals

Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage

Pork sausage using the small intestine of the pig.
Served hot.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Classic

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.
Silver label printed in blue and red.

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Desserts

Apple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Desserts

Apple charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with biscuits, sponge cake or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Sauces

Barbecue sauce

Sauce made from tomato and vinegar with a smoky note and various ingredients (garlic, oil, onion, honey, mustard, paprika, chili pepper, etc.).

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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.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Cheeses

Bent River

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

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Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Pork

Black pudding with Sarlat style potato

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Cold starters

Black radish and herb butter

Herb butter : softened butter mixed with chopped herbs (chives, parsley and tarragon), pepper and salt.

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Beef

Boeuf à la mode

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

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Poultry

Bordeaux style duck

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

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Beef

Bordeaux style 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.

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Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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