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Meal and wine pairing

Montrachet

Still wine

Serve at: 10-12. °C (50-54 °F)

This wine is paired well with 81meals

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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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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Sauces

Beurre blanc sauce

Reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sea fish

Braised salmon

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 with Perigourdine sauce

Braise : to simmer and stew in a little flavored liquid, food that has been seared on all sides beforehand..
Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with a blond roux and diced black truffles) with onion, shallots and foie gras.

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Offal and tripe

Braised veal sweetbreads with spices

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

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Poultry

Bresse chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cold starters

Cold lobster bavarois

Starter made with coral and lobster coulis in jelly.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish a la nage in a beurre blanc sauce

Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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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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Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, stuffed, and poached or braised, serve with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and meat glaze.

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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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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.

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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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