Food and wine pairing
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Alsace Sylvaner
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 3 years old.
This drink pairs well with 367 dishes:
Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
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Miscellaneous
Croque-madame
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
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Miscellaneous
Croque-madame with bechamel sauce
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
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Salads
Crudite salad
Do not serve fine wine.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with low acidity.
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Salads
Dandelion salad with lardons
Dandelion salad with diced bacon and sometimes soft-boiled egg.
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Sauces
Devil sauce
Devil sauce : shallot and vinegar reduction with veal stock and espagnole sauce, simmered and reduced by half with tomato.
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Salads
Dressed herring
Salad composed of diced salted herring covered with layers of grated vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beets, onions) with mayonnaise.
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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.
Serve with the less mature cheeses.
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Main courses
Eel matelote
Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.
Prefer a regional pairing.
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Seafish
Estocafic
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritime. Nice.
Stew with potatoes, bell peppers, onion, olives, olive oil, garlic, and bouquet garni.
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Cheeses
Ewephoria
Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 12 months.
Serve with the less mature cheeses.
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Salads
Fattoush
Lebanese specialty : a raw vegetable salad (purslane, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish, onion) seasoned with sumac.
Do not serve fine wine.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Fennel
Serve with the less mature cheeses.
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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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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Fish fritters with tartare sauce
Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.
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Cold starters
Fish in a shell with mayonnaise
Cold dish made of mixed diced vegetables (macédoine) with lettuce, cold fish (hake, salmon) and mayonnaise.
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