Meal and wine pairing

Freshwater fish

Artic char in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

Cheeses

Ashy goat cheese

Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

Cheeses

Ashy goat cheese log

Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.

Sea fish

Avruga caviar

Kipper ( smoked herring), coloured with squid ink, served like fish roe (caviar substitute).

Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Batavia lettuce

Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

Cheeses

Bijou

United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

Veal

Blanquette de veau

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

Cheeses

Blarney Castle

Ireland. Cork. Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled crab

Crab cooked in a broth.

Shellfish and Seafood

Boiled shrimp

Salads

Caesar salad

Romaine lettuce and croutons with egg, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce.

Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver a l’anglaise

English-style : with bacon.

Salads

Celeriac salad

Cheeses

Chabichou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Choucroute garnie

Sauerkraut : cabbage, finely chopped and fermented in brine.

Shellfish and Seafood

Clams mariniere with thyme

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

Cheeses

Coach farm triple cream goat cheese

United States. New York.
Triple cream pasteurized goat's milk cheese with a white mould rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

Sea fish

Cod ceviche

Cold starters

Crab aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

Cold starters

Crab aspic with herbs

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

Shellfish and Seafood

Crab aumoniere

Crab meat cooked in filo pastry.

Cold starters

Crab pâté