Meal and wine pairing
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Champagne blanc sec
Serve at: 06-08°C or 43-46 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 2 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
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Angel’s food cake
A type of vanilla sponge cake often served covered with red berry coulis and strawberries.
Veal
Blanquette de veau
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
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Cassata
Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.
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Chocolate merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
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Croquembouche with vanilla custard
Small cream puffs filled with vanilla cream and assembled with caramel.
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Macarons
Cupcakes made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.
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Merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
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Petit four glacé
Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.
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Praline mille-feuille
Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
Seafish
Sole fillets with white wine sauce
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
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Vanilla charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
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Vanilla religieuse
Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.
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Whippet cookie
Dry biscuit topped with dome-shaped marshmallow, all coated in chocolate.
Sometimes, you find a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.
Prefer a pairing based on the stuffing.