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Meal and wine pairing

Anjou Gamay

Red

Still wine

Serve at: 14-16. °C (57-61 °F)

Main grape variety: Gamay

This wine is paired well with 27meals

Meal families

Warm starters

Cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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Warm starters

Comté cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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Cheeses

Extra aged Mimolette

France. Nord Pas de Calais. Semi-hard cow's milk cheese annatto colored.
Ripening : over 24 months.

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Main meals

Galette saucisse

France. Brittany.
Grilled pork sausage wrapped in a cold buckwheat galette.

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Others

Jambon-beurre

France.
Ham sandwich with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, spread with butter (with or without salt) and filled with slices of ham, often pickles.

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Others

Jambon-fromage

France.
Ham sandwich with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, with cheese and filled with slices of ham, often pickles.

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Cheeses

Louis d’Or

Canada. Quebec.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

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Salads

Parisian salade

Salad with lettuce, button mushroom, cheese (generally diced of Comté or Emmental), Jambon de Paris (diced), hard-boiled egg, potato and tomato.
Seasoned with a vinaigrette with parsley and pickles.

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Cheeses

Pigouille

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw sheep's milk and mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

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Pork

Pork tenderloin with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Main meals

Raclette

Melted cheese accompanied with sausage, potatoes and vegetables.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Regina pizza

Pizza with mushroom, ham, mozzarella and tomato sauce.

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Cooked meats

Rillauds

Anjou speciality.
Pork belly with the rind browned and confit in fat.

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Pork

Roast pork with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cooked meats

Roasted andouille from Guéméné with mashed potatoes

Andouille : pork sausage using the large intestine of the pig.
Served hot.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted leg of lamb and spring garnish

Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.
Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Poultry

Roasted squab and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Cooked meats

Small chitterling sausage with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Sausage cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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