Meal and wine pairing
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Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur lie
Vins tranquilles blancs
Serve at: 09-11°C ou 48-52 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.
This drink is paired well with 170 meals:?>
Meal families
Cheeses
Ardrahan
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
Cold starters
Avocado tartare with crab
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
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Baked oysters with a julienne of leek
Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.
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Baked oysters with curry sauce
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.
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Bay scallop carpaccio with a lemon sauce
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bay scallop carpaccio with lemon
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
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Bay scallop ceviche
Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).
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Bay scallop skewers with a lemon sauce
Lemon sauce : lemon, olive oil.
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Bay scallop tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
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Bay scallops with a lemon sauce
Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.
Served cold.
Cheeses
Bergues
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.
Sauces
Beurre noisette sauce
Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.
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Black butter sauce
Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).
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Bouillabaisse
Provençal fish stew.
The name of this dish is said to come from Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (to lower): bouille and abaisse.
Sea fish
Bourride
France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Steamed white fish soup (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet), served with a vegetable brunoise (carrot, celery, onion, leek, etc) and accompanied by aioli or olive oil mayonnaise, with garlic-rubbed croutons.