Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Game animals

Jugged hare a la royale

Civet cooked in red wine sauce with garlic and shallots, then thickened with blood.

> view pairings

Sauces

Maitre d’hotel butter

Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

> view pairings

Offal and tripe

Amourettes fritters

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Steamed zucchini

> view pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

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).

> view pairings

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.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Sète-style bourride

Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.

> view pairings

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pissaladiere

Bread dough topped with onions (caramelized or puréed), olives, garlic and anchovies.

> view pairings

Sauces

Maltese sauce

Maltese Sauce : Hollandaise sauce flavored with blood orange juice and blanched orange zest.

> view pairings

Sheep and Goats

Leg of lamb with tarbais beans

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

> view pairings

Poultry

Chicken cutlets Pozharsky

Pojarski : meatball with breadcrumbs, cream, and eggs, pan-fried until golden.

> view pairings