Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

> view pairings

Sheep and Goats

Champvallon style Lamb chop

Champvallon : baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.

> view pairings

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Anchovy pizza

> view pairings

Sauces

Montpellier butter

Butter mixed with garlic, capers, herbs (chervil, watercress, spinach, tarragon, parsley), gherkin, shallot, anchovy fillet and hard-boiled egg.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Caillebotte

France. Brittany. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country. Poitou-Charentes. Pays de la Loire.
Cow's milk curdled with rennet.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Sautéed mushrooms

> view pairings

Veal

Axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spinach

> view pairings

Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Rove des garrigues

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Fresh cheese made from raw or pasteurized goat's milk, shaped into a ball.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Avruga caviar

Kipper (smoked herring) flesh colored with cuttlefish ink, shaped like fish roe (caviar alternative).

> view pairings

Main meals

Alsatian style süriruawa

Süriruawa : turnips preserved in salt.

> view pairings