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Meal and wine pairing

Lirac

Still wine

Serve at: 08-10. °C (46-50 °F)

This wine is paired well with 99meals

Meal families

Sauces

Aioli sauce

Provencal sauce.
Emulsion of garlic and olive oil, sometimes with egg yolk and lemon juice.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

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

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Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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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.

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Cooked meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Typical pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. There may also be garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, walnuts…
Served cold or hot.

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Cooked meats

Caillette with herbs

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Typical pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. There may also be garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, walnuts…
Served cold or hot.

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Sauces

Caper sauce

White sauce with fresh cream and egg yolks seasoned with lemon juice and added with capers.

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Cheeses

Carré frais

France. Burgundy. Normandy. Seine-Maritime.
Industrial cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk salted curds.

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Sheep and Goats

Champvallon style Lamb chop

Champvallon : Baked between two layers of potatoes with a chicken stock.

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Beef

Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce

Chateaubriand : piece of beef meat from 4 to 8 cm cut in the tenderloin filet..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Industrial soft cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk.

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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.

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Main meals

Chicken couscous

Couscous : steamed semolina served with meat stew (lamb, chicken, merguez) accompanied by a spicy broth. Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

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Beef

Chili con carne

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

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