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Meal and wine pairing

Alsace Pinot gris

Still wine

Serve at: 08-10. °C (46-50 °F)

Main grape variety: Pinot gris

This wine is paired well with 412meals

Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Abalone

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Desserts

Alsatian-style apple tart

Alsatian-style : pie with egg-based cream, kirsch, milk, sugar and flour.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Alsatian tart

Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.

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Sauces

Americaine sauce

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

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Appetizers

Antipasti

« before the meal »

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Cheeses

Appenzeller Surchoix

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.
Gold label.

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Desserts

Apple Flammkuchen

Thin layer of bread dough covered with cream or cottage cheese with slices of apples and flambéed with Calvados.

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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.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with cream sauce

Cream sauce : Bechamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Ashbrook

United States. Vermont.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Sea fish

Avruga caviar

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

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Bacon quiche

Quiche : pastry covered with eggs and cream mixed with seafood, vegetables, meat and/or cheese.
Served cold or hot.

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Main meals

Baeckeoffe

France. Alsace.
Dish of potatoes, meat and vegetables cooked with spices and white wine.

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Desserts

bavarois with fruits

Bavarois : cold moulded dessert made ​​with custard or fruit puree, mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Poultry

Beer chicken

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

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Cheeses

Bergamino di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Buffalo milk pasteurized cheese with white mould rind.

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Pork

Bitter-sweet pork

Chine. Canton.
Dish of pork cut into small square pieces, fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sometimes with: pineapple, carrot, chopped onions and/or pepper.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bitter-sweet shrimp

Sweet and sour sauce : tomato sauce with shallots, olive oil and laurel.

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