Meal and wine pairing

Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : made from a brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef, adding white wine and butter with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes and garnish with chopped parsley.

Main meals

Aligot and grilled sausage

Main meals

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Apicius pie

Pie stuffed with chicken, honey and spices.

Poultry

Basque-style chicken

Beef

Beef bourguignon

Long cooking over low heat in a closed container of beef cooked in red wine with mushrooms, onions and bacon. Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.

Beef

Beef daube

Daube : stew made with braised meat (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in red or white wine, vegetables, garlic, and herbes de Provence.

Beef

Beef Stroganov

Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).

Beef

Beef tenderloin in puff pastry

Poultry

Beer chicken

Chicken cooked in the oven with a cream and beer sauce.

Pork

Black pudding

Pork

Black pudding pan fried

Pork

Black pudding with apple

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.

Sheep and Goats

Blanquette of lamb with fresh mint

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.

Beef

Bordeaux style beef tenderloin

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Beef

Bordeaux style entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Beef

Bordeaux style grilled rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Game animals

Bordeaux style wild boar fillet

Bordelaise sauce : reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Reduction of dry red wine with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme with butter and flour.

Consommé and Soup

Borscht

Ukraine.
Soup with beetroot, mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomato) and meat (beef, pork or chicken).

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Boulangere potatoes

Boulangere potatoes : baked potatoes with onions in broth.

Beef

Braised beef chuck

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

Poultry

Braised duck with turnips

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..