Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Main courses

Bearn piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with Bayonne ham.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Edam demi-étuvé

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

> view all pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with coriander

> view all pairings

Cold starters

Fish pâté

Served cold.

> view all pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant gratin

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Provolone dolce

Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk made with calf rennet.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Citrus gratin

Citrus gratin : orange, grapefruit, crème fraîche, egg, vanilla.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Cabricharme

Belgium. Ardennes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

> view all pairings

Cold starters

Shrimp tomato

Belgium.
Tomato stuffed with grey shrimp mixed with mayonnaise.

> view all pairings

Beef

Grilled rib steak with bone marrow

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

> view all pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed mushrooms with taramasalata

Taramasalata : delicacy made from fish roe (cod or mullet), blended with olive oil, crème fraîche, and lemon.
In France, it is typically served with blinis.

> view all pairings

Cured Meats

Oreiller de la Belle Aurore

Terrine of different meats baked in the oven, coated in gelatin, in a pastry crust.
Served cold.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Mocha yule log

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Baklava

Balkans. Bulgaria. Greece. North Africa. Middle East. Turkey…
Dessert made of several layers of thin phyllo dough sheets separated with melted butter or oil, in which there is a mixture of dried fruits (hazelnuts, walnuts, or pistachios), sometimes finely ground and crushed spices (cloves), then immersed in a sweet liquid (water with lemon juice, orange blossom, honey, rose, etc).

> view all pairings

Pork

Grilled marinated pork chop

Marinated pork with garlic, oregano, paprika, and salt.

> view all pairings

Poultry

Stuffed goose neck with foie gras

Goose foie gras.
Served hot as a main course with pommes sarladaises or parsley potatoes, or served cold as a starter with a salad.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pretzel

Knot-shaped bread or brioche covered with coarse salt.

> view all pairings