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Meal and wine pairing

Fitou

Red

Still wine

Serve at: 16-18. °C (61-64 °F)

This wine is paired well with 169meals

Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

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Main meals

Aligot

Aligot : mashed potatoes mixed with butter, cream, crushed garlic, and melted cheese (Tome fraîche de l’Aubrac).

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Cheeses

Ardrahan

Ireland. Cork.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Sauces

Barbecue sauce

Sauce made from tomato and vinegar with a smoky note and various ingredients (garlic, oil, onion, honey, mustard, paprika, chili pepper, etc.).

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Beef

Beef daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Beef

Beef daube with black olives

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

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Others

Beef gyros

Gyros: greek sandwich, derived from the döner kebab, with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce on pita bread.

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Others

Beef pita

Pita : round flatbread used to catch food or to make a sandwich.
Also refers to the turnover oven-baked and stuffed with food.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Cheeses

Bergues

France. Nord. Pas de Calais.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.

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Cheeses

Bleu d’Auvergne

France. Massif Central.
Pasteurized or raw cow's milk blue cheese.

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Beef

Braised beef cheek with mashed potato

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Beef

Braised beef with carrots

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Sheep and Goats

Braised lamb chops with rosemary

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cheeses

Brie

France. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

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Cheeses

Brocciu secu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Consommé and Soup

Cabbage soup

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Poultry

Catalan-style chicken

Chicken with onion, prunes, pine nuts and tomato.

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