Meal and wine pairing
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Cognac
Eaux-de-vie et liqueurs
Serve at: 18-24°C ou 64-75 °F.
May be called Eau-de-vie de Cognac or Eau-de-vie des Charentes.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
This drink is paired well with 15 meals:?>
Meal families
Desserts
Chocolate and orange marquise
Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).
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Chocolate and orange trifle
Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.
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Chocolate praline dome cake
Milk chocolate dome filled with praline mousse.
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Christmas pudding
United Kingdom.
A dark-colored Christmas cake, slowly steamed with dried fruits, nuts, brown sugar or molasses, and often beef suet. It is flavored with beer (such as porter or stout), a spirit like brandy, or citrus juice. Traditionally, it is flambéed with cognac or rum before serving.
Cheeses
Cremont
United States. Vermont.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from a blend of pasteurized goat’s and cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.
Shellfish and Seafood
Oysters and pork crépinettes
Oysters accompanied by a piece of sausage meat.
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Petit four glacé
Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.
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Tricorne
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 weeks.