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Meal and wine pairing

Valençay

Red

Still wine

Serve at: 14-16. °C (57-61 °F)

This wine is paired well with 34meals

Meal families

Cooked meats

Andouillette sausage

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

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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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Consommé and Soup

Borscht

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

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Cheeses

Chabichou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.

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Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Industrial soft cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk.

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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.

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Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

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Cheeses

Crottin de Chavignol

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouace angevine

France. Touraine.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillettes.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fouée with rillauds

France. Touraine.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

French fries

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Cheeses

Fresh goat cheese with garlic and herbs

Cheese similar to cream cheese with garlic and herbs.

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Sauces

Green sauce

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

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Cold starters

Ham in aspic

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

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Cheeses

Harbison

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

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Sauces

Maitre d’hotel butter

Softened butter mixed with shallot and parsley.

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Cheeses

Old Kentucky Tomme

United States. Indiana.
Raw goat's milk semi-soft cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 months.

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Cheeses

Pélardon

France. Massif Central. Cevennes.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind.

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