Meal and wine pairing
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Vodka
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
Seafish
Avruga caviar
Kipper (smoked herring) flesh colored with cuttlefish ink, shaped like fish roe (caviar alternative).
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Shellfish and Seafood
Baked oysters with caviar
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Beef
Beef Stroganov
Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Blinis with caviar and cream
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Blinis with smoked salmon
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Borscht
Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Seafish
Citrus 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, consume it within 12 months.
Cold starters
Confit tomatoes
French cooking technique where tomatoes are slow-cooked at low temperature in olive oil with herbs (often garlic, thyme, and sometimes sugar) to concentrate the flavors.
Used as a garnish in Mediterranean cuisine.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Salads
Dressed herring
Salad composed of diced salted herring covered with layers of grated vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beets, onions) with mayonnaise.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Shellfish and Seafood
Fines de claire oyster
Fines de claire : oysters matured for 4 -8 weeks in oyster ponds.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Shellfish and Seafood
Fines de claire oyster with caviar
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 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, consume it within 12 months.
Seafish
Kazunoko
Japan.
Salted or dried herring roe.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Lemon charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Lemon meringue tart
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.