Meal and wine pairing

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.

Beef

Beef tenderloin in puff pastry

Cheeses

Bergues

France. Nord. Pas de Calais.
Soft-ripened raw cow's milk cheese with a beer-washed rind.

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.

Cheeses

Bleu de Gex

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Haut-Jura.
Blue unpasteurised cow's milk cheese.

Cheeses

Bleu mont dairy bandaged Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese with hard pressed paste and a natural rind wrapped in cloth.
Ripening : 12 to 24 months.

Cheeses

Blue cheese

Sheep's, goat's and/or cow's milk cheeses with mold in the cheese in colors between blue and grey-green.

Sea fish

Bluefin tuna tartar

Eggs

Cep omelette

Sauces

Charcutiere sauce

Reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar wet demi-glace (equal parts of veal stock and espagnole sauce simmered and reduced by half) with mustard and julienned pickles.

Appetizers

Chorizo and Comté toast

Veal

Classic 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.

Poultry

Coq au vin jaune with morels

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Crayfish risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth cooked with rice and one or more ingredients.

Game animals

Doe fillet with huntsman sauce

Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

Game animals

Doe roast

Poultry

Duck breast with morello cherry

Cheeses

Epoisses

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

Consommé and Soup

Frog legs soup

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Territoire de Belfort.
Vegetable broth with frog legs.

Poultry

Grilled duck breast

Beef

Grilled entrecote

Cheeses

Gubbeen Extra Matured

Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind covered in black wax.
Ripening : 2 months.

Beef

Hachis parmentier

Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

Game animals

Haunch of venison with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.