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Food pairings with Champagne wines

Different dishes will match the four families of Champagne wines depending on how they are prepared and cooked.

Champagne wines with Body

  Lobster, Langoustine, Scallops  In a white sauce.
  Duck or goose foie gras  Uncooked served with toast.
  Salmon  Heavily smoked, served with rye bread. Steamed or cooked with a salt crust.
 Cooked in pastry.
  Poultry, geese, pigeon, duck  With a rich stuffing (chicken livers, foie gras, chestnuts, …).
  Meat and game  As a general rule, any game dish accompanied by mushrooms and chestnuts.

  Winter fruits  As a purée, cooked with spices, in a tart or in pastry.

Champagne wines with Heart

  Duck or goose foie gras  Uncooked served on toasted brioche.
  Cold served with caramelised vegetables.Hot served with fruit (apples, grapes, rhubarb).
  Steamed or with a herby vinaigrette. Served with green vegetables: artichokes, Swiss chard or cabbage.
  Salmon  Lightly smoked served with blinis and crème fraîche.
  Poultry, geese, pigeon, duck  Basted in honey or maple syrup.
  Rolled in spices: curry, cinnamon, saffron.

  Red fruits  In mousses, tarts and fruit soups.

Champagne wines with Spirit

  Oysters  Natural and chilled. In aspic or covered in crushed ice and sea-water
  Shellfish  Steamed like dim sum infused with herbs. In tempura.
  Duck or goose foie gras  Steamed or with a herby vinaigrette.
  Served with green vegetables: artichokes, Swiss chard or cabbage.
  Goose foie gras  Uncooked or spiked with fresh truffles.
  Salmon  Marinated with fresh herbs. Served as a carpaccio.
  Cut into thin strips and placed in a salad. As sushi
  Poultry, geese, pigeon, duck  Cold in aspic. Served as a cold meat with a hot gravy.

  Citrus fruits  In mousses, soufflés, tarts, sorbets and salads..

Champagne wines with Soul

  Caviar  On its own, in salads or cooked as part of a dish
  Homard, Langouste, Langoustine, Saint-Jacques  A la nage.
  Volaille, oie, chapon, pigeon, canard  Rôties au naturel ou à la truffe.