All dishes:

Poultry

Duck foie gras with quince

Served cold, warm or hot.

Salads

Zucchini salad

Cheeses

Checy

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

Rabbit

Rabbit cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

Poultry

Chicken fricassee

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

Sheep and Goats

Stuffed shoulder of lamb

Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.

Sauces

Mushroom sauce

Mushroom sauce : sauce made from a white or brown base, with mushrooms and other ingredients such as butter, seasonings, stock (veal or poultry), and wine.

Warm starters

Langoustine puff pastry

Appetizers

Blue cheese and pear toast

Beef

Sautéed rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

Cheeses

Villageois blanc

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

Sheep and Goats

Lamb shank with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

Cooked meats

Capicola

France. Italy. Switzerland.
Pork cold cut from the dry-cured muscle running from the neck to the shoulder.

Salads

Frisée salad

Cheeses

Lamb chopper

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with waxed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna with cream and morel mushrooms

Game birds

Grilled quail with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

Sauces

Marchand de vin butter

Butter mixed with shallots cooked in wine with lemon and parsley.

Cheeses

Tomme de brebis

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk.

Pork

Grilled pork with herbs

Cheeses

Coutances

France. Normandy. Manche. Coutances.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

Eggs

Shirred eggs

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Sicilian pizza

Pizza made with anchovies, onion, tomato, herbs, and cheeses (Caciocavallo and Tomme).