Food and wine pairing
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Loupiac
Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 15 years old.
This drink pairs well with 300 dishes:
Cheeses
Crozier blue
Ireland. County Tipperary.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 11 months.
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Custard tart
Shortcrust pastry filled with egg custard, baked in the oven.
Prefer a pairing with an unoaked wine.
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Dacquoise
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Landes. Dax.
Dessert cake composed of several discs of meringue pastry with almonds and hazelnuts (sometimes with added coconut or pistachios) with butter cream and covered with icing sugar.
Serve cold.
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Diplomat pudding
Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a pastry cream filled with candied fruit and covered with Chantilly cream topped with a candied cherry.
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Douillon à la pomme
France. Normandy.
Apple hollowed out in the center and filled with granulated sugar with a teaspoon of Calvados and butter, or with jam for children, baked in the oven in shortcrust or puff pastry.
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Poultry
Duck a l'orange
A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 5 to 10 years old.
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Poultry
Duck a l'orange with celery purée
A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.
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Poultry
Duck a l'orange with mashed potatoes
A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.
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Poultry
Duck Apicius
Duck cooked in broth and marinated in honey and spices.
Served with dates and apples.
Prefer a pairing with an old vintage.
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Poultry
Duck foie gras
Served cold.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 5 to 10 years old.
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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 most mature cheeses.
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Eggs
Eggs in snow
Egg whites shaped with a spoon and poached in simmering milk or very hot water, accompanied by crème anglaise and generally topped with caramel.
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Cheeses
Estrella La Peral
Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.
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Cheeses
Ewe's blue
United States. New York.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.
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Far breton with prunes
Far : traditional custard cake from Brittany made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.
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