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Meal and wine pairing

Alsace Chasselas

Still wine

Serve at: 08-10. °C (46-50 °F)

Main grape variety: Chasselas

This wine is paired well with 25meals

Meal families

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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Appetizers

Breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Appetizers

Casse-museau

France. Touraine.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Serve warm, not hot.

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Appetizers

Cheese breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus

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Beef

Grisons dried beef

Switzerland. Graubünden.
Salted beef with spices and herbs before air-dried.

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Cooked meats

Head cheese

Small pieces of pork meat usually cooked with small pieces of carrots, pickles, shallot or onion, flavored with garlic, spices, parsley and molded in jelly.
Served cold.

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Sauces

Horseradish sauce

Velouté with grated horseradish.

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Appetizers

Origano breadsticks

Breadsticks : sticks of crisp and dry bread.

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Pork

Pork shoulder with diable sauce

France. Alsace.
Pork shoulder coated in a mustard sauce with garlic, shallot and parsley, wrapped in pig's caul fat.

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Cheeses

Reblochon laitier

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese (Red label).

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Main meals

Schiffala

France. Alsace.
Smoked pork shoulder with sour turnips.
Usually served with a potato salad, onions and pickles.

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Appetizers

Tapas

Canapés.

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Cold starters

Zakuski

Russia.
Hors-d'œuvre served as starter to a meal (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol, salads…).

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