Food and wine pairing
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Saumur blanc
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
Synonyms
- Saumur white wine
This drink pairs well with 345 dishes:
Cold starters
Chicken aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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Veal
Classic 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.
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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Cod croquettes with tomato sauce
Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.
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Seafish
Cod with hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
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Cheeses
Coolea Plain
Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.
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Cold starters
Crab aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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Cold starters
Crab aspic with herbs
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish a la nage
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish a la nage with a lemon sauce
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
Lemon sauce : butter, lemon, cream and mustard.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Miscellaneous
Croque-madame
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
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Miscellaneous
Croque-madame with bechamel sauce
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with fried egg or poached egg on top.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
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Cheeses
Dancing fern
United States. Tennessee.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.
Ripening : 2 months.
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Seafish
Darne of salmon with beurre blanc sauce
Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Seafish
Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce
Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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Sauces
Dieppoise sauce
Dieppoise sauce : A Normandy-style sauce enriched with mussel or oyster cooking juice.
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Main courses
Eel matelote
Matelote : red wine reduction with fish stock and mushrooms.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 4 years old.
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