Meal and wine pairing
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Akvavit
Serve at: 00-05 °C or 32-41 °F
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 30 years old and more.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cold starters
Eggs Benedict and smoked salmon
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Faisselle with smoked salmon
Cottage cheese with smoked salmon.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Fish tartare with lemon and herbs bites
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Goat cheese and smoked salmon bites
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Seafish
Gravlax salmon
Gravlax : fresh salmon marinated with dill, spices, and herbs, cured with salt and sugar, served with a mustard sauce.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Cheeses
Hooligan
United States. Connecticut.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Salads
Lobster and smoked salmon salad
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Seafish
Lox
Salmon cut into fillets or a whole piece that has been cold-smoked or cured in brine.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Seafish
Lutefisk
Scandinavia.
Traditional dish made with dried white fish soaked in cold water for several days, then placed for two days in a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide, and finally soaked again in cold water for 4 to 6 days.
Served with bacon, goat cheese, mustard, mashed split peas and potatoes.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Cold starters
Marinated fish paté
Served cold.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Cheeses
Milleens
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4-10 weeks.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Cheeses
Munster
France. Grand Est. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Seafish
Pickled herring
Marinated herring in vinegar with carrot, lemon, bay leaves, onion, mustard and sometimes served with fresh cream
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Salmon caviar toast
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Miscellaneous
Salmon guédille
Canada. Quebec.
Guédille : sandwich made with a hot dog bun filled with salad and mayonnaise sauce.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Salmon roe canapé
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Cold starters
Salmon sashimi
Sashimi : thin slices of raw fish or shellfish.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Seafish
Salmon tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Seafish
Salmon tartare with red caviar
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for several months..