Meal and wine pairing
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Alsace Gewurztraminer
Vins tranquilles blancs
Serve at: 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with 344 meals:?>
Meal families
Appetizers
Accras cod
Lightly spiced cod fritter.
Serve hot as an appetizer or as a starter.
Cheeses
Aged brick
United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.
Desserts
Alsatian-style blueberry tart
Alsatian-style : tart with a cream made from eggs, kirsch, milk, sugar, and flour.
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Amablu
United States. Minnesota.
Raw cow’s milk blue cheese, pressed but uncooked.
Ripening : 75 days.
Sauces
Americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Desserts
Apple strudel
Puff pastry filled with pieces of apple and raisins, usually seasoned with cinnamon and served warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, custard, or vanilla sauce.
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Apricot bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
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Apricot blancmange
Blanc-manger : sweet dessert made with milk or cream, flavored and thickened with potato starch or cornstarch.
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Arancini
Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.
Cheeses
Ardrahan
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
Freshwater fish
Artic char with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Ashbrook
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 3 months.
Cold starters
Aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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Balik salmon
Balik : smoked salmon from a fillet cut from the back of the salmon.
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Bay scallops with orange sauce
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.
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