Wine, cheese and bread
This is our French Top 3 !

And guess what ? They are gorgeous when you have them together. Many French people regularly organize a "cheese and wine dinner".
The principle is simple : no entrée, no main course…just a large assorted cheese-board,
one or two bottles of good red wine, and
some good French breads.

It is delicious and this is a real occasion to taste your best wines. Indeed, cheese is famous for highlighting the finest flavors of the best wines, and is often offered during professional wine tasting sessions.

Simply made from flour, water, salt and leaven, bread has an essential role in the French meal. You certainly know the fame of our Baguette, which is our everyday bread, but we use and like many other types. The choice of the bread you use and serve at your table is very important. It is also the key to the success of your buffet.

The main types are the following :

- Baguette : our famous…simply the best ! This is the bread that must be on the table, cut into small pieces of 6 to 8 cms [3 in.] long, presented in a basket.
- Farmhouse bread : made from the oldest traditional recipes, and best wheat flours, it is presented
as a large round loaf with a crispy crust. Fresh slices will be displayed in the bread-basket with the baguette, or when slightly toasted will be perfect tp prepare canapés with assorted cheeses…
Actually it is the only bread onto which you can spread anything and matches flavors perfectly well.
- Sandwich bread : it can be white or whole, it is slightly sweet ; square, it is easy to use to make canapés. Prefer the brown one, because it is less sweat and so does not kill the flavor of what you spread on. It's perfect for cheese, smoked salmon or pâté toasts…Choose high flavored food to have
it so that the bread does not hide the perfume and toast it at the very last minute.
- Whole wheat bread : it is made of varieties of whole flours, it's not the lightest bread, but it is very particular and more original. Generally presented as a small but long loaf, it's perfect when sliced, toasted and buttered with smoked salmon or oysters.
- Sweat bun type bread : unprecise translation for our "pain au lait". Actually this is the bread for foie gras. Slightly sweet, it can be used for other types of mousse pâtés.