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:
Cured Meats
Duck paté with duck foie gras and black truffle
Served cold or at room temperature.
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Cheeses
Durrus
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 3 to 5 weeks.
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Freshwater fish
Eel in green sauce
Flemish speciality : pieces of eel simmered in a mixture of finely chopped fresh herbs and served in a green herb sauce.
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Eggs
Eggs mimosa
Hard-boiled egg with the yolk partially mixed with mayonnaise and herbs, then placed back into the white, with the remaining yolk crumbled on top (like mimosa).
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Cheeses
Extra aged Mimolette
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : over 24 months.
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Poultry
Fattened chicken with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Sauces
Financiere sauce
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.
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Cold starters
Fish aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Flammekueche
France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, bacon bits, and onions.
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Beef
Fleischschnacka
France. Grand Est. Alsace.
(Snail meat).
A specialty made with a filling of cooked meat (usually leftover pot-au-feu) mixed with egg, onion, parsley, pepper, and salt, rolled in noodle dough before being pan-fried and then poached in broth.
Dish usually served with roasted potatoes and a green salad.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with few residual sugar.
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Cheeses
Försterkäse
Switzerland. Saint-Gall.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a white wine washed rind.
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Veal
Fricandeau of veal
Fricandeau : thin slice of veal larded and braised or pan-fried.
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Cheeses
Fried cheese curds
Canada. United States.
Prefer a pairing with a dry and lively wine
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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Fruit bavarian cream
Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
Prefer a pairing with the fruit color.
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Cheeses
Garrotxa
Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind of gray or blue-gray color.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.
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Poultry
Gaston Gérard chicken
France. Burgundy. Dijon.
Chicken cooked with grated Comté cheese, crème fraîche, Dijon mustard, paprika and Burgundy white wine.
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