Food and wine pairing
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Crozes-Hermitage blanc
Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 years old.
Synonyms
- Crozes-Hermitage white wine
This drink pairs well with 215 dishes:
Hot Starters
Black truffle raviole
Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Black truffled potato cake
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 3 years old.
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Veal
Blanquette de veau
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.
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Seafish
Blanquette of monkfish with saffron
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
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Freshwater fish
Blanquette of zander
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Bordeaux style Bay scallops
Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Bordeaux style crayfish
Crayfish flambéed with Cognac served with a mirepoix and a tomato and white wine-based sauce.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Bordeaux style scallops
Bordeaux : shallots, parsley and white wine.
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Hot Starters
Bouchée à la reine
France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).
Prefer a pairing with the sauce or the garnish.
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Seafish
Bouillabaisse
Provençal fish stew.
The name of this dish is said to come from Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (to lower): bouille and abaisse.
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Seafish
Bourride
France. Occitania. Aude. Gard. Hérault. Pyrénées-Orientales. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Alpes-Maritimes. Bouches-du-Rhône. Var.
Steamed white fish soup (monkfish, sea bass, mackerel, mullet), served with a vegetable brunoise (carrot, celery, onion, leek, etc) and accompanied by aioli or olive oil mayonnaise, with garlic-rubbed croutons.
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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
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Cured Meats
Caillette
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Cured Meats
Caillette with herbs
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche.
Type of pâté made with pork meat, Swiss chard, spinach or salad greens, chopped herbs and wrapped in pig's caul fat. It may also contain garlic, alcohol, spices, egg, chestnuts, nuts…
Served hot or cold.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Cheeses
Chavroux
Fresh cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk.
Prefer a regional pairing.
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Poultry
Chicken with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Prefer a pairing with a young and unoaked wine.
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