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Meal and wine pairing

Corton Grand cru

Still wine

Serve at: 12-14. °C (54-57 °F)

This wine is paired well with 64meals

Meal families

Sauces

Albufera sauce

Supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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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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Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : chicken or veal velouté reduced before adding the cream.

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Sea fish

Braised sea bass with fennel

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..

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Cold starters

Cold lobster bavarois

Starter made with coral and lobster coulis in jelly.

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Cheeses

Comté vieux

France. Franche-Comté.
Hard, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.
Ripening : 15 months minimum.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish and Newburg sauce

Newburg sauce : lobster butter with cream and egg yolks seasoned with onions and sherry or Madeira.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish ring

Ring : arranged in a circle.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish tails

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Cold starters

Egg in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.

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Cheeses

Epoisses

France. Burgundy.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with the rind dipped in Marc de Bourgogne.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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