Meal and wine pairing
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Saumur Mousseux Blanc
Vins effervescents blancs
Serve at: 06-09°C ou 43-48 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 3 years old.
This drink is paired well with 53 meals:?>
Meal families
Appetizers
Arancini
Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.
Desserts
Baklava
Balkans. Bulgaria. Greece. North Africa. Middle East. Turkey…
Dessert made of several layers of thin phyllo dough sheets separated with melted butter or oil, in which there is a mixture of dried fruits (hazelnuts, walnuts, or pistachios), sometimes finely ground and crushed spices (cloves), then immersed in a sweet liquid (water with lemon juice, orange blossom, honey, rose, etc).
Sauces
Béchamel sauce
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
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Braised scallops
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
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Casse-museau
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Served warm, not hot.
Sauces
Champagne sauce
Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.
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Cheese breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
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Chicken supreme with cream sauce
Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Poultry
Chicken with Champagne sauce
Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.
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Croque-madame
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
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Croque-madame with bechamel sauce
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
Desserts
Dacquoise
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake composed of several discs of meringue pastry with almonds and hazelnuts (sometimes with added coconut or pistachios) with butter cream and covered with icing sugar.
Serve cold.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Endive with Bechamel
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
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