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Meal and wine pairing

Menetou-Salon

Red

Still wine

Serve at: 13-15. °C (55-59 °F)

This wine is paired well with 41meals

Meal families

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.

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Cooked meats

Brioche with pork rinds

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Savory brioche stuffed with pork scratchings (or duck, goose, chicken).

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Cooked meats

Caillette

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Typical pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. There may also be garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, walnuts…
Served cold or hot.

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Cooked meats

Caillette with herbs

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Typical pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. There may also be garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, walnuts…
Served cold or hot.

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Cheeses

Cantal jeune

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months maximum.

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Cheeses

Comté

France. Franche-Comté.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Cooked meats

Country style terrine

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Etxegarai

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Cheeses

Fontina

Italy. Aosta Valley.
Semi-hard raw cow's milk cheese with a orange natural rind.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cooked meats

Game animal pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices... cooked in a terracotta container.
Serve cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Grana Padano oltre 16 mesi

Italy. Po River Valley.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with natural rind.
Ripening : 16 to 20 months.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen smoked cheese

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered in black wax.

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Cheeses

Idiazábal ahumado

Spain. Basque Country.
Hard raw ewe's milk smoked cheese in uncooked pressed.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.

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Cheeses

Laguiole

France. Cantal. Aveyron.
Semi-hard cow's milk cheese.

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Cheeses

Le berger basque

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.

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Cheeses

Manchego viejo

Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 2 years.

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Cheeses

Mothais sur feuille

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese with natural rind.

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Cheeses

Ocooch Mountain

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 3-4 months.

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Cheeses

Ossau-Iraty

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn. Basque Country.
Hard ewe's milk cheese pressed and uncooked.

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