Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Cheeses

Sawtooth

United States. Washington.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 60 to 75 days.

> view pairings

Cheeses

Hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

> view pairings

Cold starters

Salmon tataki with wasabi

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut in thin slices and seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (generally ginger).

> view pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood pancake

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

mixed fried horn of plenty

> view pairings

Desserts

Gugelhupf

Bundt cake which contains raisins, almonds and Kirsch cherry brandy, sometimes candied fruits and nuts.

> view pairings

Sea fish

Balik salmon

Swiss Balik Salmon.

> view pairings

Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with jelly

Oysters poached in their own juice and served on a lemon jelly made with chicken stock.

> view pairings

Desserts

Calisson

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Mixture of candied melon and almond powder with an egg glaze, placed on a sheet of unleavened bread.
One of the 13 traditional Provençal Christmas desserts.

> view pairings

Beef

Grilled hanger steak with marchand de vin butter

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Marchand de vin butter : reduction of red wine with shallots mixed with butter.

> view pairings

Pork

Rethel boudin blanc

France. Champagne-Ardenne. Ardennes.
White sausage made only from pork meat with milk instead of blood.

> view pairings

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato croquettes

> view pairings