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Beaujolais blanc

Beaujolais blanc

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

This drink pairs well with 153 dishes:

Cheeses

Lamb chopper

Lamb chopper
United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with waxed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Leek quiche

Leek 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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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster à l’américaine

Lobster à l’américaine
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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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster claws in americaine sauce

Lobster claws 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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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Marinière sauce
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.
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Salads

Mesclun

Mesclun
Mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.
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Shellfish and Seafood

Moules marinière

Moules marinière
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Mushroom risotto

Mushroom risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with mineral notes.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 2 years old.
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Salads

Olivier salad

Olivier salad
Russia. Moscow.
Mixed salad made with diced vegetables (boiled potatoes, carrots, pickles, peas, etc) and other ingredients (egg, diced ham, chicken, etc), all bound together with mayonnaise.
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