Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver a l’anglaise

English-style : with bacon.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Eggplant gratin

> view pairings

Sea fish

Turbot soufflé with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Blanquette of turbot

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

> view pairings

Pork

Tonkatsu

Japan.
Breaded and fried pork cutlet served with shredded cabbage, Worcestershire sauce and karashi (Chinese mustard).
Dish usually served with rice and miso soup.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 3 months.

> view pairings

Freshwater fish

Roasted pike-perch fillets with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Big woods blue

United States. Minnesota.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.

> view pairings

Appetizers

Garlic bread

Bread filled with butter and garlic.

> view pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop terrine

> view pairings

Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

> view pairings

Sheep and Goats

Roast knuckle of lamb

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed porcini and black truffle

> view pairings