Meal and wine pairing
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Sancerre Rouge
Vins tranquilles rouges
Serve at: 14-16°C ou 57-61 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 6 years old.
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Meal families
Cheeses
Abbaye de Tamié
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
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."
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.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes and hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
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Ash covered goat cheese
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
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Ash ripened goat cheese log
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
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Barbecue
A meal, usually outdoors, where food is cooked on a grill or a spit.
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Barbecue sauce
Barbecue sauce : tomato- and vinegar-based sauce with a smoky note and various ingredients such as garlic, oil, onion, honey, mustard, paprika, and chili.
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Basquaise-style tuna
Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.
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Bay scallop tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
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Bay scallops with supreme sauce
Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.
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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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Beaufort
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Variety of Beaufort cheese produced from November 1 to May 31.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Beef
Beef Stroganov
Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).
Beef
Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce
Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
Cheeses
Bête-À-Séguin
Canada. Quebec. Isle-aux-Grues.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 months.