Food and wine pairing
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Valençay rouge
Still red wine(s)
Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
Synonyms
- Valençay red wine
This drink pairs well with 36 dishes:
Cured Meats
Andouillette
Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (calf's ruffle), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.
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Cheeses
Bijou
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.
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Consommés, Broths and Soups
Borscht
Ukraine.
Beet-based soup with mushrooms, vegetables (carrot, cabbage, cucumber, beans, onion, potato, tomatoes), and meat (beef, pork, or chicken).
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Cheeses
Chabichou
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
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Cheeses
Chavroux
Fresh cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk.
Serve with the less mature cheeses.
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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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Cheeses
Crottin de Chavignol
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Sancerre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Fouace angevine
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with pork rillettes.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Fouée with rillauds
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Hot bread roll stuffed with rillauds.
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Cheeses
Fresh goat cheese with garlic and herbs
Serve with the less mature cheeses.
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Sauces
Green sauce
Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.
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Cold starters
Ham aspic
Slice of ham around an egg in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
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Pork
Ham on the bone
Ham cooked on the bone, in a flavored broth.
Prefer a pairing with an unoaked wine.
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Cheeses
Harbison
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
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Sauces
Maitre d'hotel butter
Maître d'hôtel butter : softened butter mixed with finely chopped parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
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Cheeses
Old Kentucky Tomme
United States. Indiana.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 months.
Serve with the less mature cheeses.
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