Food and wine pairing
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Vouvray demi-sec
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
Synonyms
- Vouvray medium-dry
This drink pairs well with 143 dishes:
Cured Meats
Rillons
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Pork belly seared and confit in fat.
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Pork
Roast suckling pig with apple
Suckling pig : 4 to 6 weeks, weighing between 6 and 12 kg.
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Poultry
Roasted duck with peaches
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 3 years old.
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Cheeses
Rocamadour
France. Occitania. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne. (Quercy).
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 days minimum.
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Seafish
Salmon with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Scallop tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Scallops with orange sauce
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.
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Seafish
Sea bass with orange sauce
Spain. Valencia.
Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.
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Main courses
Seafood gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
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Cheeses
Selles-sur-Cher
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Selles-sur-Cher.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and bloomy rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 10 to 30 days.
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Cheeses
Sofia
United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash, and containing two additional layers of ash cutting the cheese.
Ripening : 1 week.
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Main courses
Spicy gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
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Shellfish and Seafood
Steamed Bay scallops
Steam or stew : Steaming in a container closed by a lid.
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Cheeses
Sunset bay
United States. Oregon.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
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Cheeses
Taleggio
Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a pink-orange colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.
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