Meal and wine pairing

Appetizers

Arancini al ragù

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, stuffed with ragu (meat in tomato sauce) and peas./ Served hot.

Cheeses

Ardrahan

Ireland. Cork.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

Poultry

Basque-style chicken

Beef

Beef cheek with carrots

Beef

Beef tenderloin with black pepper

Beef

Beef tenderloin with black truffles

Beef

Beef tenderloin with mushrooms

Beef

Beef tenderloin with porcini

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

Pork

Black pudding with Sarlat style potato

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat cooked in a pot over a low heat with white wine, carrots, onion and broth.

Poultry

Bordeaux style duck

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

Poultry

Bordeaux style duck confit

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.

Sea fish

Bordeaux style lamprey

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its own blood and served with garlic croutons.

Beef

Bordeaux style 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.

Beef

Bordeaux style rib steak with cep mushrooms

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

Beef

Bordeaux style rump steak

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

Game animals

Bordeaux style wild boar

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.