Meal and wine pairing

Main meals

Aligot

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

Main meals

Aligot and grilled sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

Main meals

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

Cooked meats

Andouillette with pommes Pont-Neuf potatoes

Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

Sea fish

Basquaise-style tuna

Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.

Main meals

Basque piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on peppers, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat, or fish.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

Beef

Beef tenderloin with spices

Shellfish and Seafood

Bordeaux style crayfish

Crayfish flambéed with Cognac served with a mirepoix and a tomato and white wine-based sauce.

Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.

Veal

Braised cushion of veal

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

Salads

Caesar salad

Romaine salad with garlicky croutons, eggs, Parmesan cheese, and a dressing made of lemon juice, olive oil, and Worcestershire sauce.

Salads

Celery salad

Main meals

Cold piperade

Main meals

Couscous

Steamed wheat semolina served with fish, meat, fish, or vegetable stew, accompanied by a spiced broth.
Pair according to the hotness of the harissa spice.

Others

Croque-madame

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.

Others

Croque-madame with bechamel sauce

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.

Others

Croque-monsieur

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fennel

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fresh goat cheese tart whit cherry tomato

Veal

Fricandeau of veal

Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.

Salads

Frisée salad

Appetizers

Goat cheese and tomato toast

Salads

Green bean salad