Meal and wine pairing
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Armagnac Ténarèze
Eaux-de-vie et liqueurs
Serve at: 18-24°C ou 64-75 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
This drink is paired well with 24 meals:?>
Meal families
Cheeses
Cheddar
United Kingdom (Cheddar, Somerset).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
The packaging usually specifies the intensity of the cheese (mild, medium, strong, extra-strong, , etc) and sometimes the maturation (young, matured, old, vintage, , etc).
Ripening : 3 to 24 months.
Cheeses
Clothbound Cheddar
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.
Cheeses
Dubliner vintage
Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.
Ripening : over 24 months.
Desserts
Far breton with prunes
Far : traditional custard cake from Brittany made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.
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Hafod
United Kingdom. Wales.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind ripened in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 10 to 18 months.
Cheeses
Pavé du Nord demi-vieux
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Desserts
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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Plum turnover
Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.
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Smoked salmon and shrimp aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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Vintage clothbound Cheddar
United Kingdom. Devon.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 24 months.