Meal and wine pairing

Sauces

Aioli sauce

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

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Anchovy pizza

Sea fish

Atascaburras

Spain. Albacete and Cuenca speciality.
Brandade done with salt cod, olive oil, potato and chestnut.

Sea fish

Baked sea bream in salt crust with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked spiny lobster

Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled shrimp

Sea fish

Bouillabaisse

Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.

Sea fish

Bourride

France. Languedoc. Provence.
Fish stew based on stewed white fishes (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet) with a brunoise of vegetables (carrots, celery, onions, leeks ...) with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

Sea fish

Brandade

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

Cheeses

Brocciu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.

Sauces

Caper sauce

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

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Caponata

Italy. Sicilia.
Vegetable stew (eggplant, capers, celery, onion, green olives and tomato) cooked with olive oil and vinegar.
Served hot or cold.

Desserts

Chestnut fritters

Poultry

Chicken Marengo

Marengo : cooked in a casserole dish with mushrooms, onion, tomato with white wine.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Chinese noodles

Pasta cooked in a broth (herbs, chicken, …)

Cold starters

Crab 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.

Cold starters

Crab aspic with herbs

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

Cold starters

Crab pâté

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Dolma

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant tian with fresh goat cheese

Sea fish

Estocafic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritime. Nice. Stew with potato, pepper, onion, olive, olive oil, garlic and bouquet garni.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Farcis

Hot or cold dish made from vegetables ((tomatoes, zucchini, onions, artichokes, peppers, cabbage, eggplant)) stuffed with a mixture of meat or sausage meat with breadcrumbs and herbs.