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Food and wine pairing

Alsace Riesling

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Alsace Riesling

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

This drink pairs well with 568 dishes:

Main courses

Seafood gumbo

Seafood gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with some residual sugar.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Seafood risotto

Seafood risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.
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Shellfish and Seafood

Seafood salpicon

Seafood salpicon
Salpicon : hot or cold preparation of ingredients cut into small dice and bound with a cream or a sauce.
Prefer a pairing with a young (1 to 2 years old) with mineral notes.
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Hot Starters

Seafood vol-au-vent

Seafood vol-au-vent
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
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Cheeses

Selles-sur-Cher

Selles-sur-Cher
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Selles-sur-Cher.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and bloomy rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 10 to 30 days.
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Cold starters

Shrimp aspic

Shrimp 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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