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Meal and wine pairing

Menetou-Salon

Still wine

Serve at: 08-10. °C (46-50 °F)

This wine is paired well with 212meals

Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Abalone

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Shellfish and Seafood

Aguachile

Mexico.
Raw shrimp immersed in a salty liquid with cucumber, lemon juice, onion, pepper and chili peppers (chiltepin).

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Cooked meats

Andouille de Jargeau

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Jargeau.
Pork sausage using at least 60% pork meat and pork belly.
Served cold as first course.

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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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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Artichokes and hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Cheeses

Ashy goat cheese

Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Cheeses

Ashy goat cheese log

Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Asparagus tart

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Sea fish

Bacalao al pil pil

Basque Country.
Dish with salt cod, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper (pil pil).

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Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sea fish

Bilbao eels

Basque Country.
Dish with elver eels, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper.

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Sauces

Black butter sauce

Black butter: butter cooked until it turns a dark color, reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine vinegar).

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled shrimp

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Pork

Boudin blanc

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Sea fish

Brill with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Sauces

Brown butter sauce

Brown butter : cooked until a clear brown color and smells nutty poured through a strainer into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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