Food and wine pairing
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Côtes du Roussillon Villages
Still red wine(s)
Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
This drink pairs well with 141 dishes:
Beef
Rump steak with peppercorn sauce
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.
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Beef
Rump steak with poivrade sauce
Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.
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Sheep and Goats
Saddle of lamb in salt crust
Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
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Main courses
Souvlaki
Cyprus. Greece.
Small pieces of meat (lamb, beef, mutton, pork, chicken) cut into cubes and marinated in lemon juice and olive oil with vegetables, aromatics (oregano, thyme), herbs, pepper and salt, then grilled on a spit or on a skewer.
Served in a plate or on pita bread.
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Main courses
Stuffed tomatoes
Stuffed tomatoes with tomato, rice, meat, garlic, bread and parsley.
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Sauces
Sweet and sour sauce
Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.
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Beef
Tournedos Rossini
Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Tourtière du lac Saint-Jean
Canada. Quebec.
Layered meat pie made with meat (beef, chicken, hare, moose, partridge, pork and veal or a simpler combination of these meats) with broth and potato cubes.
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Offal and tripe
Tripes à la mode de Caen
France. Normandy.
Stew made with the four parts of a veal’s stomach (rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum) and an ox foot.
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Veal
Veal Marengo
Marengo : cooked in a casserole with mushrooms, onion, tomato and white wine.
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Cheeses
Vintage clothbound Cheddar
United Kingdom. Devon.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 24 months.
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Main courses
Wild boar daube
Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.
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Feathered game
Wood pigeon salmis
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
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