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Semi-cooked foie gras

with the cuvée Odyssée · Brut Nature Vintage 2007 Grand Cru

Semi-Cooked Foie Gras with Timut Pepper, Poached Pears and Toasted Brioche
Recipe 01

Semi-Cooked Foie Gras with Timut Pepper, Poached Pears and Toasted Brioche

Time · Prep 25 min · Cook 35 min · Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 500 g raw deveined foie gras
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Timut pepper
  • 1 pinch of sugar
  • 2 pears
  • 200 ml water
  • 100 ml sweet white wine
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 6 slices of brioche
  • Fleur de sel

Method

  1. Season the foie gras with salt, Timut pepper and sugar, then press it into a terrine mould.
  2. Cook the terrine in a bain-marie for 35 minutes at 90 °C, then leave to cool.
  3. Poach the pears in the water, sweet white wine and vanilla pod until tender.
  4. Refrigerate the foie gras for at least 12 hours before slicing.
  5. Serve with the poached pears and toasted brioche.

Why the pairing works. The richness of the foie gras and the fruitiness of the pears find balance with the maturity and complexity of the champagne.

Semi-Cooked Foie Gras with a Spiced Gingerbread Crust and Dried Apricot Chutney
Recipe 02

Semi-Cooked Foie Gras with a Spiced Gingerbread Crust and Dried Apricot Chutney

Time · Prep 30 min · Cook 25 min · Serves 6

Ingredients

  • 500 g raw deveined foie gras
  • 4 slices of spiced gingerbread
  • 8 dried apricots
  • 1 red onion
  • 100 ml cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 pinch of quatre-épices
  • 1 small knob of butter
  • Salt and pepper

Method

  1. Season the foie gras and cook it in a terrine in a bain-marie for 35 minutes at 90 °C.
  2. Slowly cook down the red onion with the dried apricots, cider vinegar, honey and spices until a chutney consistency is reached.
  3. Pulse the gingerbread slices coarsely into breadcrumbs.
  4. Serve sliced foie gras dusted with a thin layer of gingerbread crumbs.
  5. Spoon the warm chutney alongside.

Why the pairing works. The spiced and fruited notes echo the ripe, layered profile of the Grand Cru champagne from Bouzy.

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