Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Main meals

Lamb tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

> view pairings

Warm starters

Lobster raviole with black truffle cream

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

> view pairings

Cooked meats

Lyon-style andouillette

Cooked andouillette with onions, deglazed cooking juices with vinegar.
Served hot.

> view pairings

Sauces

Tartar sauce

Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.

> view pairings

Main meals

Lamb tajine with ginger

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

> view pairings

Main meals

Tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

> view pairings

Others

Pork pita

Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with sliced pork meat, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).

> view pairings

Cold starters

Red mullet paté

Served cold.

> view pairings

Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

> view pairings

Warm starters

Quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

> view pairings

Desserts

Fiadone

France. Corsica.
Cake made with brocciu, eggs, sugar and lemon zest.

> view pairings

Desserts

Fig pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Sète-style bourride

Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

> view pairings

Desserts

Mirabelle plum bavarian cream

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

> view pairings