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Meal and wine pairing

Saint-Amour

Serve at: 14-16°C ou 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 5 years old.

This drink is paired well with 176 meals:?>

Meal families

Appetizers

American-style pigs in a blanket

Sausage wrapped in puff pastry.

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Cooked meats

Amiens duck pâté

Pâté en croûte made with duck and pork, along with mushrooms or truffles, Cognac, shallots, egg, white bread, apples, spices, pepper, and salt, set in a jelly.

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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.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.
Served hot.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette with shallots

Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.
Served hot.

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Classic

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.
Silver label printed in blue and red.

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Beef

Barbecued rib of beef

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Beef

Beef tongue with sauce ravigote

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Cold starters

Black radish and herb butter

Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Braised endives

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

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Beef

Braised rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Cheeses

Brillat-Savarin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte d'Or. Saône-et-Loire. Grand Est. Aube. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : minimum 5 days for small formats, 8 days for others.

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Cooked meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

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Cooked meats

Caillette with herbs

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.

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Main meals

Carbonade flamande

Beef, horse or pork stew with onions cooked with beer.

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Cold starters

Cervelle de canut

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Cottage cheese beaten with fresh cream and seasonings (chives, shallot, parsley).
Dish usually served with toasted bread, steamed potatoes, or used to dress a salad.

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Cooked meats

Charcuterie board

Assortment of cold meats and charcuterie.

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