Meal and wine pairing

Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

Beef

Beef bourguignon with fresh pasta

Beef

Beef carpaccio

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

Beef

Beef cheek with carrots

Pork

Black pudding with mashed potatoes

Pork

Black pudding with potatoes

Veal

Braised cushion of veal

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

Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver

Cheeses

Chaource

France. Champagne-Ardenne.
Soft-ripened raw whole cow’s milk cheese with rind.

Poultry

Chicken with morel cream sauce

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

Poultry

Chicken with morels

Poultry

Coq au vin

Wine stewed chicken.

Veal

Cushion of veal with chanterelle

Poultry

Duck aiguillette with blackcurrant

Poultry

Duckling fillet with blackcurrant

Duckling : young duck.

Cheeses

Écume De Wimereux

France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Soft-ripened raw double cream cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.

Cheeses

Fat bottom girl

United States. California.
Semi-hard raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

Poultry

Fattened chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Cheeses

Feuille de Dreux

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Eure et Loir. Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with white mould rind.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Flamiche

France. Picardy.
Puff pastry tart with leeks and cream.

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.