Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Hearts of palm salad

> view pairings

Cooked meats

Pork liver pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices, etc cooked in a terracotta container.
Served cold or at room temperature.

> view pairings

Desserts

Strawberry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Chiriboga blue

Germany. Allgäu.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.

> view pairings

Beef

Braised beef chuck

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

Desserts

Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream

Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Tomme de Savoie

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a grey washed rind.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti gratin

> view pairings

Desserts

Dark chocolate fondue

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

> view pairings

Main meals

Dim sum shrimp

Dish of small bites or individual portions served in small bamboo steamers or on small plates.

> view pairings

Sheep and Goats

Lamb offal fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Macaroni bolognese

> view pairings

Sea fish

Darne of monkfish with green peppercorn sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

> view pairings