Cheeses
Queso de Mahón-Menorca joven
Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.
Semi-hard cheese from cow's milk white in color.
Ripening : 21 to 60 days.
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Beef
Roast fillet of beef with porcini mushroom sauce
Porcini sauce : porcini mushrooms and shallots with veal stock, cream and white wine.
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes a la croque au sel
A la croque au sel : raw vegetables dipped in salt, for example radishes.
In general, avoid serving wine with raw artichoke.
Cheeses
Emmental
Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.
Cold starters
Prawn cocktail
Shrimp salad with egg and cocktail sauce (Cognac, ketchup, mayonnaise, Tabasco).
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Rethel boudin blanc
France. Champagne-Ardenne. Ardennes.
White sausage made only from pork meat with milk instead of blood.
Veal
Provencal veal paupiettes
Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.
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Pink Charlotte with red fruit
Charlotte made with pink Reims biscuits dipped in champagne, milk or ratafia with red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, currant).
> view pairingsPork
Diots with cabbage
Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.
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Hazelnut bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.
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Boursin
France.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese similar to cream cheese with garlic and herbs.
Sea fish
Hake fillets with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : oil emulsion with egg yolk, mustard and pepper, sometimes with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
> view pairingsSheep and Goats
Leg of lamb with flageolets beans
Leg of lamb : piece of meat formed the saddle over the thigh.
One thigh is called Chump.