Meal and wine pairing

Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage

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

Appetizers

Arancini al burro

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, usually stuffed with diced ham and mozzarella./ Served hot.

Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Eggs

Baked egg

Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Savoie.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Soup with beetroot, mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomato) and meat (beef, pork or chicken).

Main meals

Burgundy style potée

Mixture of salted meat or pork sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Main meals

Champagne style potée

Mixture of pork meat with cabbage and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

Cold starters

Chicken 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.

Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

Cheeses

Coulommiers

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux. Coulommiers.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

Cheeses

Crottin de Champcol

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's cheese with mould on the rind.

Cheeses

Crottin de Chavignol

France. Loire Valley. Chavignol near Sancerre.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind.

Main meals

Fish with meurette sauce

Meurette sauce : based on red wine with bacon and onion compote.

Cheeses

Fougerus

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened and bloomy rind cow's milk cheese dressed with a fern leaf.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French fries

Sauces

Green sauce

Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with mashed chervil, cress, spinach and parsley.

Cooked meats

Grilled andouillette

Cold starters

Ham in aspic

Slice of ham around an egg in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

Warm starters

Ham puff pastry

Cheeses

Harbison

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind wrapped in strips of spruce.

Sheep and Goats

Herb roasted leg of lamb

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.

Sauces

Hollandaise sauce with mustard