I just tried a nice pinot (Domaine Alfred) with Beef Stroginoff and it just didn't work. I think the heavy sour cream was too much for the light and fruity pinot.

Any pairing suggestions with this classic dish? Please...I'm in a hurry. I make a killer Stroginoff, but I can't pair it, and I have a date with a very beautiful woman next weekend and I want to impress her with this dish.

What do you think?

I'm totally in love with her! Where are the chefs and the sommeliers?

Cab Franc? Vouvray?

I'm totally at a loss with this dish?

Incredulo---Welcome to the WS boards.
Are we pairing wine with food, or wine with the young lady?
If the former, go with Bordeaux reds. If the latter, ask her.
If your recipe includes red wine, it isn't entirely unreasonable to use that same kind of wine to drink.

Irwin

"Life is short....start with the dessert."

Incredulo;
I just had the '00 Crocker & Starr CF - I think it would pair very nicely w/the stroganoff. Interesting you should suggest a Vouvray, because I think the limited sweetness and acidity of that style might be a winner.

"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk."
Jonathan Swift

to me there are two choices here really, nice vintage champagne and vodka. serve together and she is yours forever.

Make it with chicken and get a nice Montrachet, that will do it.

chicken? you are calling for the wrath of god on all of us, flubis ... the streets will flow with blood of non-believers... please, not the chicken. what's next, pigeon stroganoff?

now what goes well with pidgeon ? hmmmmm

So, don't keep us in suspense. What did you choose and how did it work out?

tomtom, he's busy. must have been a hit.

As Stroganoff is quite a simple dish ( lovely though! ) , I´d go with a fairly simple wine, too. Maybe an eastern European cabernet sauvignon?

Mrs HDW recently made killer Stroganoff, we paired it with several young cali cabs (1997 -2000), I thought it was great.

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Personally, I would chose a CA Petite Sirah or Syrah. A Santa Lucia Highlands Pinah/Syrot -- styled Pinot (especially one from Pisoni like the Siduri, the Ojai, or Peter Michael) might also work.

a

"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" -- W.C. Fields

Thanks for all the suggestions on this "pairing". I think the cab/bordeaux recommendations were probably the best. I served it with a 2000 Rolan de By (very nice bordeaux for $17), but it still didn't work. The sour cream is too thick and sweet.

I think I'll try a Vouvray next time!

Is anybody else going to experiment with this? This is a tough pairing...now, about the lady. Well, things worked out OK. It's still alive, but I didn't get the results I was hoping for. Maybe I should've gone with the champagne and vodka.

What shall I serve for our next date? I'll keep you tuned....

Thanks for all the suggestions on this "pairing". I think the cab/bordeaux recommendations were probably the best. I served it with a 2000 Rolan de By (very nice bordeaux for $17), but it still didn't work. The sour cream is too thick and sweet.

I think I'll try a Vouvray next time!

Is anybody else going to experiment with this? This is a tough pairing...now, about the lady. Well, things worked out OK. It's still alive, but I didn't get the results I was hoping for. Maybe I should've gone with the champagne and vodka.

What shall I serve for our next date? I'll keep you tuned....

Thanks for all the suggestions on this "pairing". I think the cab/bordeaux recommendations were probably the best. I served it with a 2000 Rolan de By (very nice bordeaux for $17), but it still didn't work. The sour cream is too thick and sweet.

I think I'll try a Vouvray next time!

Is anybody else going to experiment with this? This is a tough pairing...now, about the lady. Well, things worked out OK. It's still alive, but I didn't get the results I was hoping for. Maybe I should've gone with the champagne and vodka.

What shall I serve for our next date? I'll keep you tuned....

I think you should keep making beef stroganoff for her until you get the pairing right. "If at first you don't succeed, try try again." She will admire your dedication and perseverance and surely extrapolate the ramifications to the rest of her relationship with you.

Or maybe try the pidgeon?

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Fine, but how did the DATE go?

If you are not satisfied with young cab, I would try a good California or Aussie Syrah/Shiraz. That might provide enough balance to the sour cream.

I would make the same beef stroganoff again the same way. Serve the same wine. Wear the same clothes. Find a different date.
This would give a good "control" so you could see if it was the wine pairing the first time that failed, or the people pairing.

Irwin

"Life is short....start with the dessert."

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Originally posted by Incredulo:
now, about the lady. Well, things worked out OK. It's still alive, but I didn't get the results I was hoping for. Maybe I should've gone with the champagne and vodka.

What shall I serve for our next date? I'll keep you tuned....

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Rohypnol

Champagne and Vodka... the secret is out!!


cook squab next time and serve with Vosne-Romanee. if she is not naked before the meal is over...you've over cooked the squab...