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Food and wine pairing

Touraine Gamay

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Touraine Gamay

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 2 years old.

This drink pairs well with 84 dishes:

Miscellaneous

Jambon-fromage

Jambon-fromage
France.
Ham sandwich made with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise with cheese and filled with ham slices and often pickles.
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Cheeses

Malakoff

Malakoff
France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. Pays de Bray. Gournay-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Less aged than Gournay.
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Salads

Mesclun

Mesclun
Mixed salad composed of at least 5 varieties of shoots or leaves of chicory, oak leaf lettuce, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, dandelion, purslane, spinach shoots, arugula, escarole, radicchio or aromatic herbs.
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Main courses

Mique lotoise

Mique lotoise
France. Occitania. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne. (Quercy).
A type of bread dumpling cooked in a broth with meat (usually salt pork, short ribs, and hock, sometimes also andouille sausage) and vegetables (carrot, cabbage, turnip, leek, potato).
Served hot or cold.
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Eggs

Oeufs en meurette

Oeufs en meurette
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Poached eggs with red wine sauce, bacon lardons and onion compote.
Prefer a pairing with a wine under 2 years old.
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Salads

Olivier salad

Olivier salad
Russia. Moscow.
Mixed salad made with diced vegetables (boiled potatoes, carrots, pickles, peas, etc) and other ingredients (egg, diced ham, chicken, etc), all bound together with mayonnaise.
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Beef

Pastel de papa

Pastel de papa
Argentina.
A dish consisting of a layer of seasoned ground beef (onion, bell pepper, tomato) covered with a layer of mashed potatoes and the whole is usually topped with grated cheese and baked until golden.
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Cured Meats

Rillettes

Rillettes
Pork meat slowly cooked over low heat in its own fat.
Served cold.
Prefer a pairing with a wine under 2 years old.
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