Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Cured Meats

Poultry pâté with citrus fruit

Served cold or at room temperature.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Osterlammele

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Lamb-shaped sponge cake dusted with powdered sugar.

> view all pairings

Main courses

Gratin dauphinois

Dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.

> view all pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Lasagna alla Bolognese

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Dôme du Poitou cendré

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and bloomy rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

> view all pairings

Rabbit

Young rabbit fillet with white sauce

White sauce : flour and butter heated together, to which a hot liquid (stock, water, cooking juices, or wine) is added.

> view all pairings

Veal

Veal medallion with porcini mushrooms

Medallion : piece of meat (3 to 4 cm thick) sliced from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

> view all pairings

Feathered game

Grilled wood pigeon à la goutte de sang with porcini

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Walnut dessert

> view all pairings

Feathered game

Roasted pheasant with mixed vegetables

Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.

> view all pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable lasagna

> view all pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster medallion Thermidor

Spiny lobster meat with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallot, fish stock and mustard that can be gratinéed.

> view all pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines mariniere with thyme

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

> view all pairings

Pork

Sweet and sour pork

Chine. Canton.
Pork dish made with small square-cut pieces, deep-fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sometimes pineapple, carrot, chopped onions, and/or pepper.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Feta

Greece.
Sheep's milk cheese curdled in brine.

> view all pairings

Salads

Cervelat salad

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Cervelas sausage cut into cubes or strips, mixed with onions and served with a cider or white wine vinaigrette.
Can be served with steamed potatoes and hard-boiled eggs.

> view all pairings

Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Anchovy pizza

> view all pairings

Sauces

Pistou

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Sauce à base de basilic pilé, d'ail et d'huile d'olive.

> view all pairings