Carmenere Food Pairing
·        Chicken and goose liver pates, veal, pork, vegetable or
poultry pates

·        Bacon, cold cut meats, pancetta, andouille, chorizo,
Italian or duck sausages

·        Blue cheeses like Gorgonzola or Maytag, hard aged
cheeses like Asiago, Parmesan and Reggiano, semi-hard
cheeses like Mild Cheddar, Fontina, Gouda, Jarlsberg and
Swiss, soft rind cheese like Brie and Camembert

·        Bean/Lentil, Borscht soups

·        Pasta, endive or Chef’s salad
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·        Meat cannelloni, meat/tomato sauce gnocchi, meat or
vegetable lasagna, pepperoni/sausage pizza, meat, spinach
or cheese filled ravioli in meat or tomato sauce

·        Chicken cacciatore, in red wine sauce, baked,
broiled/roasted or marinated in herbs and grilled, Coq au
vin, roasted Cornish hen, duck and turkey

·        Beef bourguignonne, Curry, Kebab, stew, stroganoff,
teriyaki, Wellington, with tomato/red wine sauces, corned
beef, Filet mignon, lamb chops grilled or sautéed, lamb
kebab or roast, meatloaf, pot roast, roast beef/prime rib,
steak au poivre, steak tartar or grilled steak

·        Cassoulet, chili con carne, meat or mushroom polenta,
meat, mushroom or vegetable risotto

·        Baked ham, Osso buco, grilled, sautéed, or roasted
pork, pork tenderloin, pork ribs, veal chops grilled or
sautéed, veal scallopine, veal roast

·        Asparagus boiled/steamed, beets, red, yellow, orange
or green bell peppers roasted, stuffed and baked, red
cabbage sautéed, eggplant parmesan, eggplant sautéed or
stuffed, green beans, mushrooms, peas, ratatouille, sautéed
spinach, baked or sun-dried tomatoes, vegetable terrine,
zucchini/summer squash

·        Burritos, tacos with beef or chicken, couscous with
meat, Gyros, Moussaka, Blackened Cajun Steak, Meat
Tarjines, Meat Tandoori

·        Cheeseburger, cheesesteak
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