Bleu d'Auvergne
- sheep milk
- blue
- Drink
- Sauternes or a late-harvest whiteSweetness against salt is the whole principle of pairing a blue, and sheep's milk brings extra fat to cut.
- Driving
- Strong black tea, unmilkedTannin does the cutting that the wine's structure would.
- Eat with
- Walnut bread, honey or a ripe pearSweetness and nut against salt and mould — the same principle as the wine, on a plate.
Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.