Tempranillo Food Pairing
Here is a list of food items that make an ideal pairing with your
Tempranillo wine provided by EatDrinkDine.com and a few ideas
of my own:


·        Chicken wings, BBQ & Spicy

·        Escargots & Veal or Pork Pates

·        Cold cut meats, bacon, pancetta, prosciutto, salami,
Andouille or Chorizo sausage

·        Mild Blue cheese like Gorgonzola or Maytag, Goat Cheese,
Hard cheeses like, Asiago, Parmesan or Reggiano, Semi-hard
cheeses like Mild Cheddar, Fontina, Gouda, Jarlsberg or Swiss and
Soft Rind Cheeses like Brie or Camembert

·        Breakfast or egg-based items like Eggs benedict, frittatas,
omelets, quiches or soufflé’s, deviled eggs

·        Lentil or Bean soup, Chicken soup, Cioppino, Clam
Chowder, Gazpacho, Minestrone, Mushroom and Tomato soups

·        Chicken, pasta, potato or Chef’s salads

·        Calamari in tomato sauce, crab cakes, grilled fish like
Halibut, Monkfish, Mahi mahi, Red Snapper, Salmon, Shark,
Swordfish or Tilapia

·        Chicken roasted, baked, fried or marinated in herbs and
grilled, chicken cacciatore, in mushroom sauce, red wine sauce,
teriyaki or barbecued, Coq au vin, roasted Turkey

·        Roasted Cornish Game hen, duck, pheasant, quail or squab,
rabbit and venison

·        Beef bourguignonne, Carpaccio, Curry, stroganoff, teriyaki,
Wellington, barbecued & with tomato or red wine sauce, beef stew,
beef kebab, Steak au poivre, tartare, or grilled, Filet Mignon,
prime rib, roast beef, pot roast, corned beef, lamb chops that
grilled, roasted, sautéed or braised, meatloaf

·        Baked ham, pork chops that are grilled, sautéed, barbecued
or roasted, pork tenderloins, Osso buco, veal chops grilled or
sautéed, veal marsala or scallopine

·        Cheeseburger, cheesesteak, hot dogs

·        Chili con carne, lentils, paella, polenta with tomato or meat
and mushroom sauce, brown rice, risotto with meat or mushrooms

·        Bell peppers roasted, stuffed or baked, eggplant parmesan,
sautéed or stuffed, wild mushrooms, baked, mashed or sautéed
potatoes, ratatouille, baked tomatoes, spinach sautéed in garlic

·        Calzone, meat or ricotta cannelloni, meat or vegetable
lasagna, pasta with carbona, marinara, meat, tomato, pesto sauces,
pizza

·        Burritos, tacos, enchiladas, tamales, chicken rellano or with
mole

·        Chinese barbecue pork, beef or chicken chow mein,
Mongolian beef, moo shoo pork, hunan beef, teriyaki steak or
chicken, fried rice

·        Curry chicken, Garlic chicken, hummus, lamb curry,
moussaka, tandoori beef or chicken

·        Cajun shrimp, Jambalaya and pan-blackened steak
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