Food and wine pairing

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Rivesaltes rancio

Mistelle(s), fortified wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.

This drink pairs well with 137 dishes:

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Cheeses (39)

Desserts and Sweet Courses (95)

Ice cream and sorbets (1)

Poultry (1)

Seafish (1)

Cheeses

Queso de Mahón-Menorca curado

Spain. Balearic Islands. Minorca.

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk shaped like a cobblestone with rounded edges brown in color.

Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Roasted figs with vanilla ice cream

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Cheeses

Roth Private Reserve

United States. Wisconsin.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.

Ripening : over 6 months.

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Rum raisin ice cream

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Sachertorte

Austria. Vienna.

Chocolate tart filled with apricot jam.

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Patrão

United States. California.

Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

Ripening : 16 months.

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Cheeses

Saint-Jorge Picante

United States. California.

Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a natural rind.

Ripening : 9 months.

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Cheeses

Smoked Gouda

Netherlands.

Smoked, pressed and uncooked cheese made from whole cow's milk.

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Cheeses

Smokey blue

United States. Oregon.

Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk, smoked over hazelnut shells.

Ripening : 90 days.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Sticky toffee pudding

United Kingdom.

Sponge cake made with brown sugar and finely chopped dates, topped with caramel (brown sugar).

Served with custard, vanilla ice cream or single cream.

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Cheeses

Tilsiter Switzerland

Switzerland.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.

Ripening : 3 months minimum.

Red label.

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Tiramisu

Italy. Veneto.

A specialty made of Italian biscuits (Savoiardi) layered and soaked in coffee, with a mixture of whipped eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa.

Tiramisu literally means "Pull me up" (towards gastronomic bliss).

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Vatrushka with vanilla

Russia. Ukraine.

Brioche-style cake filled with cream cheese, sometimes flavored.

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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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Warm molten chocolate cake

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Whippet cookie

Dry biscuit topped with dome-shaped marshmallow, all coated in chocolate.

Sometimes, you find a fruit jelly between the marshmallow and the biscuit.

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Cheeses

Zamorano artesano

Spain. Castile and León. Zamora.

Raw sheep's milk pressed uncooked cheese.

Ripening : 100 days minimum.

Serve with the most mature cheeses.

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