Meal and wine pairing

Sheep and Goats

Abbacchio cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

Cheeses

Aged cheese

Cheeses

Aged sheep cheese

Cured Meats

Andouillette with shallots

Andouillette cooked with dry white wine, butter, and shallots.
Served hot.

Sauces

Barbecue sauce

Barbecue sauce : tomato- and vinegar-based sauce with a smoky note and various ingredients such as garlic, oil, onion, honey, mustard, paprika, and chili.

Beef

Barbecued rib of beef

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

Sheep and Goats

Baron of lamb with porcini mushrooms

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

Beef

Beef bourguignon

Slow-cooked beef in red wine in a covered pot, with mushrooms, pearl onions, and bacon.
Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.

Beef

Beef fillet with duck foie gras and porcini

Beef

Beef tenderloin with black pepper

Beef

Beef tenderloin with bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

Beef

Beef tenderloin with porcini mushrooms

Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

Beef

Beef tournedos with bordelaise sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

Beef

Beef tournedos with green peppercorn sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac and reduced, then combined with pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

Beef

Beef tournedos with peppercorn sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

Poultry

Beer chicken

Oven-baked chicken with a cream and beer sauce.

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle

Eggs

Black truffle omelette

Hot Starters

Black truffle raviole

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

Cheeses

Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : at least 3 weeks.

Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat slowly cooked in a pot over low heat with white wine, carrots, onion, and broth flavored with herbes de Provence.

Beef

Bordeaux style entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.