Meal and wine pairing

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

Others

Barbecue

Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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.

Poultry

Beer chicken

Chicken cooked in the oven with a cream and beer sauce.

Cheeses

Boerenkaas

Netherlands.
Semi-soft raw whole cow’s milk cheese.

Sauces

Bolognese sauce

Meat sauce with soffritto (Italian version of a mirepoix) onion, celery and carrot. The different types of meat are chopped or finely chopped and cooked slowly.

Beef

Braised rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

Appetizers

Chicken croquettes

Poultry

Chicken curry

Salads

Chicken liver salad

Beef

Chili con carne

Beef meat and chili peppers with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato ...) and spices (garlic, cumin ...).

Main meals

Couscous

Steamed semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

Sheep and Goats

Crusted lamb

Poultry

Duck breast with green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

Poultry

Duck with red pepper

Beef

Estouffade of beef

Estouffade : cooked slowly with very little liquid in a closed container.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine al ragù

Italy.
Pasta with bolognese sauce.

Cheeses

Gouda Holland

Netherlands.
Semi-soft whole cow's milk.

Cheeses

Grana Padano Riserva

Italy. Po River Valley.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : over 20 months.

Beef

Grilled beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

Beef

Grilled beef with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

Beef

Grilled beef with pommes paillasson and peppercorn sauce

Pomme paillasson : pancake of grated and fried potatoes.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac, added with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock and cream.

Beef

Grilled beef with sauce poivrade

Pepper sauce: mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, diced bacon, herbs (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or venison stock and black peppercorns.