Meal and wine pairing
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Meal families
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.
Sauces
Bolognese sauce
Meat sauce with soffritto (Italian version of a mirepoix) onion, celery and carrot. The different types of meat are chopped or finely chopped and cooked slowly.
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Bouillabaisse
Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.
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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.
Appetizers
Bread with tomato
Toast rubbed with garlic and fresh tomatoes with thin slices of ham.
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Cade
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.
Salads
Caesar salad
Romaine lettuce and croutons with egg, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce.
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Calf’s head with gribiche sauce
Gribiche sauce : Tartar sauce (mayonnaise with capers, chives, cucumbers and parsley) with chopped eggs.
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Calf’s head with ravigote sauce
Ravigote sauce : lightly acidic hot or cold sauce with velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).
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Capicola
France. Italy. Switzerland.
Pork cold cut made from the dry-cured muscle running from the neck to the shoulder.
Cheeses
Chabichou
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.
Sheep and Goats
Champvallon style Lamb chop
Champvallon : Baked between two layers of potatoes with a chicken stock.
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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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Couscous
Steamed semolina served with fish, meat or vegetable stew accompanied by a spicy broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.
Cheeses
Crottin de Chavignol
France. Loire Valley. Chavignol near Sancerre.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and mould on the rind.