Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Poultry

Poultry with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

> view pairings

Desserts

Coffee and chocolate marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

> view pairings

Salads

Vegetable salad with toro and anchovies

Toro : tuna taken from the belly.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Sole with beurre noisette sauce

Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.

> view pairings

Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce and mushrooms

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Tomme de Courchevel

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Tarentaise. Praslin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Young Mimolette

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : 3 months.

> view pairings

Poultry

Roasted duckling à la goutte de sang

Duckling : young duck.
Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

> view pairings

Sauces

Bagna cauda

A specialty originating from Piedmont.
Warm sauce made with anchovies, garlic, and olive oil, into which raw vegetables are dipped.

> view pairings

Veal

Veal chop milanesa

Milanesa : with a Parmesan breadcrumb crust.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive and ham gratin

> view pairings

Pork

Braised knuckle of pork

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

> view pairings

Pork

Tandoori pork tenderloin

Tandoori : meat or fish marinated and coated in yogurt mixed with spices (garam masala, ginger, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper).

> view pairings

Beef

Steak tartare

Minced meat served raw with capers, chives, gherkins, onions, chopped parsley, and a raw egg yolk.

> view pairings

Poultry

Squab with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Soubise sauce : béchamel with onion, butter, fresh cream, salt and pepper.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Foxglove

United States. Indiana.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed turnip

> view pairings

Desserts

Apple cinnamon turban

Turban : dish presented in a crown shape.
Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

> view pairings