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Meal and wine pairing

Pessac-Léognan

Red

Still wine

Serve at: 16-18. °C (61-64 °F)

This wine is paired well with 219meals

Meal families

Poultry

Alsatian roast goose

Stuffed goose serve with sauerkraut.

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Cheeses

Bamalou

France. Pyrenees. Ariège.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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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 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 tenderloin with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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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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Cheeses

Bent River

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.

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Cheeses

Berkswell

United Kingdom. West Midlands.
Hard sheep's raw milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Pork

Bitter-sweet pork

Chine. Canton.
Dish of pork cut into small square pieces, fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sometimes with: pineapple, carrot, chopped onions and/or pepper.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

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Desserts

Blackcurrant miror cake

Miror cake : mousse set on a sponge base topped with a glaze.

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Beef

Bordeaux style entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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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.

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Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak with cep mushrooms

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

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Sea fish

Bordeaux style shad

Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and red wine.

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Poultry

Braised duck with turnips

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

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Poultry

Braised duckling with turnips

Duckling : young duck.
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 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..

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Veal

Braised veal chop

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

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