Meal and wine pairing

Cheeses

Appenzeller Surchoix

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

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.

Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily. Sponge cake with fruit juices or liqueur stuffed with ricotta cheese and a chocolate or vanilla filling. Covered with a shell of marzipan, usually green, and topped with candied fruit.

Appetizers

Cheese straw

Desserts

Cottage cheese and sugar

Cheeses

Durrus

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.
Ripening : 3 to 5 weeks.

Cheeses

Louis d’Or

Canada. Quebec.
Hard raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months.

Cheeses

Nicasio square

United States. California.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind.

Sauces

Orange sauce

Orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

Poultry

Peking duck

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

Desserts

Praline merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Cake in shape of a sphere or a medium-sphere made of two meringues welded with praline whipped cream and covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.

Cheeses

Quadrello di Bufala

Italy. Lombardy.
Buffalo milk pasteurized cheese with a creamy paste and a washed-rind from pale pink to oatmeal colored.

Desserts

Rhubarb meringue compote

Cheeses

Taleggio

Italy. Lombardy.
Semi-soft raw cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rose rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.

Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.
Hard, raw cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Red label.

Desserts

Whippet

Cake in shape of a sphere made of two meringues welded with chocolate buttercream and covered with chocolate chips.

Desserts

Whippet cookie

Biscuit base topped with marshmallow-like filling and then coated in a hard shell of pure chocolate.
Sometimes there's a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.