I would generally allow about one kilo for two generous helpings and serve with crusty bread and chilled crisp white muscadet. |
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Unconventionally, he recommends a Loire red with fresh oysters, a dish the French customarily consume with muscadet, a piercing Loire white. |
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Wine, especially muscadet, is made in a small region south of Nantes. |
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Slightly acidic white wines, such as Sauvignon or Muscadet, are best suited to salads or oily dishes. |
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For example, when you serve oysters with Muscadet, or lamb with Cabernet Sauvignon, you're matching wine and food weights to perfection. |
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We selected a white Muscadet wine for the first course and began with a salmon mousse for Madame, served with a creamy horseradish sauce, and the salmon bisque for me. |
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Gastronomically, he compared Stella to a light red or dry white wine, Hoegaarden like a dry white wine with a sour note, such as a Chablis, Muscadet or Sauvignon Blanc. |
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It tastes a bit like a Muscadet, but it reminds me of Lebanese sunshine. |
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Although Muscadet and Gros Plant white wines are produced south of the Loire, the traditional drink of Brittany is cider. |
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