Dishes and drinks with cognac - 155 cooking recipes

The original French alcoholic drink, cognac, is produced using a very special technology from certain grape varieties. The birthplace of cognac is the city of the same name in France - Cognac, located in the Poitou-Charentes region, in the Charente department.

Dishes and drinks with cognac

According to French laws, supported by global law, the name “cognac” (Cognac) can only be given to drinks produced in a certain geographical area of ​​France (as well as champagne). All other drinks produced outside the country cannot be called cognac. Even other regions of France cannot produce French cognac. Everything that is produced outside the borders of Poitou-Charentes is called brandy. On the territory of Russia, Russian cognac may have this name, but only written in Cyrillic. Russian cognac exported is automatically renamed “Russian brandy”. Armenian cognac enjoys a special privilege to be called cognac. In 1900, Nikolai Shustov, owner of cognac factories in Yerevan, received this right at the World Exhibition in Paris. Since then, Armenian cognac, even outside Armenia, is proudly called “cognac”. How to drink cognac? Cognac should be drunk slowly, enjoying the taste and aroma (which is even more important) of this drink. The best snack for cognac, officially approved by experts, is any sweet dessert. Absolutely anything will do: apple charlotte, nut soufflé, coffee mousse, all possible types of cheese, seafood and seafood dishes, caviar. It is believed that the taste of cognac can only be emphasized and enhanced by coffee. As for fruits, a special aftertaste from cognac remains when the cognac is eaten with peaches. It is not recommended to use lemon as a snack for cognac, since in this case all the taste sensations from the drink will be negated.. Everything that is produced outside the borders of Poitou-Charentes is called