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Meal and wine pairing

Côtes de Provence Rouge

Serve at: 15-17°C ou 59-63 °F.

Pair with a wine over 1 year old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 8 years old.

This drink is paired well with 391 meals:?>

Meal families

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."

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Apicius pie

Pie with a filling of poultry, honey, and spices.

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Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, filled with ragù (meat in tomato sauce) and peas.
Served hot.

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Sauces

Bagna cauda

A specialty originating from Piedmont.
Warm sauce made with anchovies, garlic, and olive oil, into which raw vegetables are dipped.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Baked red bell pepper

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Cheeses

Banon

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Beef

Barbecued rib of beef

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Sheep and Goats

Baron with garlic cream

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Sea fish

Basquaise-style tuna

Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

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Cheeses

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.

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Beef

Beef daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef dumplings with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Beef

Beef estouffade

Estouffade : long cooking in liquid over low heat in a closed container.

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Beef

Beef Stroganov

Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).

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Desserts

Black fruit pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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