Meal and wine pairing

Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

Sea fish

Bacalao al pil pil

Basque Country.
Dish with salt cod, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper (pil pil).

Main meals

Basque piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat or fish.

Poultry

Basque-style chicken

Sea fish

Basque-style tuna

Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.

Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers

Cooked meats

Bayonne ham

Main meals

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.

Pork

Black pudding

Pork

Black pudding pan fried

Sea fish

Bluefin tuna tartar

Beef

Bœuf à la mode en gelee

A la mode : Meat cooked in a pot over a low heat with white wine, carrots, onion and broth.

Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its own blood and served with garlic croutons.

Main meals

Burgundy style potée

Mixture of salted meat or pork sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Cheeses

Chabichou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.

Main meals

Champagne style potée

Mixture of pork meat with cabbage and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

Cold starters

Chicken aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

Poultry

Chicken with zucchini

Beef

Chili con carne

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

Cooked meats

Cold cut buffet

Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, the guests serve themselves.

Cooked meats

Cold cuts plate

Assorted cold meats and sausages.

Cold starters

Cold meat platter