Meal and wine pairing
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Porter
Serve at: 08-12°C or 46-54 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 months if pasteurized, 6 to 12 months if unpasteurized.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Sheep and Goats
Abbacchio cacciatore
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.
Cheeses
Aged brick
United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.
Cheeses
Amablu
United States. Minnesota.
Raw cow’s milk blue cheese, pressed but uncooked.
Ripening : 75 days.
Cheeses
Appenzeller Extra
Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Black label.
Cheeses
Appenzeller Surchoix
Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.
Gold label.
Sauces
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.
Cheeses
Bay blue
United States. California.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months.
Beef
Beef bourguignon
Slow-cooked beef in red wine in a covered pot, with mushrooms, pearl onions, and bacon.
Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.
Sheep and Goats
Beef irish stew
Ireland.
Beef stew with carrots, onions, and potatoes.
Traditional dish.
Cheeses
Black Betty
Netherlands. North Holland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with black waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Black forest cake
Germany.
Traditional German cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) made of several layers of cocoa sponge cake, flavored with kirsch, filled with cherries in syrup and whipped cream, all covered with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Cheeses
Bleu d’Auvergne
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron. Haute-Loire. Puy-de-Dôme. France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze. France. Occitania. Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Cheeses
Bleu de Laqueuille
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Cheeses
Bleu des basques
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 10 weeks.
Cheeses
Bleu des Causses
France. Occitania. Aveyron, Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 70 days minimum.