Food and wine pairing
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Tavel
Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 6 years old.
This drink pairs well with 398 dishes:
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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Cheeses
Bossons macérés
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche. Vivarais. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône.
Cheese made in a stoneware jar from leftover goat or sheep tomme, mixed with marc brandy, olive oil and white wine, all seasoned with aromatics (garlic, spices, aromatic herbs, onion, pepper, , etc).
Comes in the form of a spreadable paste on bread or potatoes.
Ripening : 2 months.
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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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Beef
Braised rib steak
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid while avoiding any evaporation, over low heat and covered.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid while avoiding any evaporation, over low heat and covered.
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Cheeses
Cabécou
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Occitania. Aveyron, Rouergue. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.
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Sauces
Caper sauce
Caper sauce : creamy white sauce with egg yolks, lemon juice and capers Cream and egg yolk sauce with lemon and capers.
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Cheeses
Caprice des Dieux
France.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
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Sheep and Goats
Champvallon style Lamb chop
Champvallon : baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.
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Beef
Chateaubriand with béarnaise sauce
Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Cherry gratin with zabaione
Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Cherry merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
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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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