Tag: food and wine pairing
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Wine and Dine: Polpette with Tomato and Basil
Easter marked the start of better weather and longer evenings. The gloom of winter is fading and blossom is appearing with cherry, apple and hawthorn all showing their best and lifting our spirits. Evenings can still be a little chilly and we still enjoy cosy home cooking but with fresher, lighter flavours. The downside is that April is part of ...
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Wine and Pie: The Perfect Pairing
As we head towards National Pie Week, starting on 4th March, let’s get one thing straight... A pie encases its filling completely with pastry. Anything which calls itself a pie when it simply has a piece of pastry on top isn’t a pie, nor is something with a pastry base and no top. Despite the phrase being immortalised by Dean Martin in song, ...
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Wine and Dine: Wild Garlic Chicken Orzo
There are signs of spring everywhere..crocuses and daffodils are adding colour to the countryside, birds are welcoming the dawn, and the sun won’t set before 6.00pm until October 29th! Best of all, for the keen cook, there are fragrant carpets of wild garlic to be found in shady woodland glades and on riverbanks. Delicious, plentiful, and free.....
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The Perfect Match: Food and Wine for Valentine's
Whether you are preparing a romantic meal for two at home, going out for dinner, cooking for yourself, or spending quality time with friends; Valentines Day is great excuse to have some delicious food and wine. Here is our guide to the perfect wine matches for our favourite romantic dishes! Pan seared scallops with lemon butter Pan-...
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Wine and Dine: Chicken with Tomato, Lemon and Garlic
Christmas festivities are a distant memory - it is still cold, wet and dark. Easter seems a long way off and amidst the gloom of yet another foggy day, but then, as if by magic, a little hope springs when we see a splash of colour from a snowdrop or an early crocus. We should take these splashes of joy as a hint to liven up a relentless diet of ...