Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Desserts

Sablé with salted butter and cherry jam

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

> view pairings

Sheep and Goats

Roast knuckle of lamb

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Buxton blue

United Kingdom. Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Staffordshire.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk with a deep russet colouring and a cylindrical shape.

> view pairings

Appetizers

Bread with tomato

Grilled bread rubbed with garlic and fresh tomatoes with thin slices of country ham.

> view pairings

Veal

Veal roast Orloff

Orloff : cooked veal sliced and covered with a sauce Soubise mixed with chopped mushrooms and onion puree (no cheese in the recipe).

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna alla Bolognese

> view pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

> view pairings

Salads

Greek salad

Mixed salad made with capers, cucumber, feta, onion, oregano, olives, green bell pepper, and tomato, dressed with olive oil.

> view pairings

Poultry

Teriyaki chicken

Teriyaki : grilled or roasted food in a sauce made up of mirin, sake and soy sauce.

> view pairings

Game animals

Venison salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Serra da Estrela amanteigado

Portugal. Serra da Estrela.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle, with a pale yellow rind.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed mushrooms

> view pairings

Cheeses

Zamorano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.

> view pairings

Veal

Sautéed veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Smoked salmon marinade

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

> view pairings

Main meals

Flemish waterzooi

Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.

> view pairings