Meal and wine pairing

Cheeses

Acapella

United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Anchovy pizza

Cooked meats

Andouillette

Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (veal sweetbread), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.

Cooked meats

Andouillette de Troyes

Cooked meats

Andouillette in parchment

Cooked meats

Andouillette with white wine

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.

Salads

Apple and walnut salad

Salad of julienned apples and celery, served with walnuts and a mayonnaise dressing.

Cheeses

Ardrahan

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

Cheeses

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.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Asparagus gratin

Warm starters

Asparagus puff pastry

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.

Eggs

Aumale scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.

Sauces

Aurora sauce

Aurora sauce : cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

Main meals

Auvergne style potée

Potée : mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

Salads

Avocado and grapefruit salad

Cold starters

Avocado tartare with crab

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

Cold starters

Avocado with vinaigrette

Sea fish

Avruga caviar

Kipper (smoked herring) flesh colored with cuttlefish ink, shaped like fish roe (caviar alternative).

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked endive with ham

Main meals

Baked Mont d’or

Baked Vacherin Mont-d'Or cheese.

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with a julienne of leek

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with caviar