Meal and wine pairing

Sauces

Americaine sauce

Lobster coral mixed with chopped onions, cream, eggs, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper and softened butter.

Appetizers

Antipasti

« before the meal »

Appetizers

Aperitif

Appetizers

Arancini

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones 8 to 12 cm in diameter, usually stuffed with ragu, peas and cheese, or diced ham and mozzarella./ Served hot.

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.

Eggs

Aumale scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.

Sauces

Aurora sauce

Cream sauce coloured with tomato sauce.

Poultry

Basque-style chicken

Sea fish

Basque-style tuna

Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.

Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

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

Eggs

Black truffle omelette

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

Bleu d’Auvergne

France. Massif Central.
Pasteurized or raw cow's milk blue cheese.

Cheeses

Blue cheese

Sheep's, goat's and/or cow's milk cheeses with mold in the cheese in colors between blue and grey-green.

Pork

Boudin blanc

Boudin blanc : white sausage made of white meat with milk instead of blood.

Appetizers

Breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

Appetizers

Casse-museau

France. Touraine.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Serve warm, not hot.

Appetizers

Cheese breadsticks

Sticks of crisp and dry bread.

Poultry

Chich taouk

Chicken kebab roasted on a spit, marinated in garlic, lemon and spices, (including cinnamon and cumin), grilled on charcoal.
Served cut in thin slices in pita bread with a Toum sauce (garlic, lemon juice, oil and salt).

Poultry

Chicken wings with morel cream sauce

Morel sauce: chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

Shellfish and Seafood

Clams mariniere with thyme

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

Sea fish

Cod ceviche

Sea fish

Cod with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

Sea fish

Cod with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.