Food and wine pairing
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Alsace Pinot gris
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 10 years old.
This drink pairs well with 441 dishes:
Seafish
Monkfish in americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
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Cheeses
Mont Saint-Francis
United States. Indiana.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat's milk with a beer-washed rind (Imperial stout) yellow in color.
Ripening : 3 to 5 months.
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Pork
Moo shu pork
Northern China.
Sliced pork mixed with small pieces of omelette, wheat noodles, onions, toasted sesame seeds, and optionally black mushrooms and bamboo shoots, seasoned with peanut oil.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Morel cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Mouclade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).
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Cheeses
Munster
France. Grand Est. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Prefer a pairing with a off-dry wine.
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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Munster sablé
Served as an appetizer or before dessert.
Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Mushroom quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Mushroom risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Mussels with curry sauce
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.
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Sauces
Nantua sauce
Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.
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Cheeses
Nicasio square
United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
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Main courses
Nigirizushi
Vinegared rice hand-pressed and topped with an ingredient (raw or cooked fish, seafood, vegetables, etc.), usually served with wasabi.
Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.
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Sauces
Normandy sauce (fish)
Normandy sauce (fish) : reduction of fish velouté with butter, fresh cream, mushroom and mussel cooking juices and thickened with egg yolk (Escoffier).
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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Onion breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Opera
Cake with Joconde sponge, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with residual sugar.
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