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Matching wine and soup

Matching wine and soup

Posted on February 8 2021 at 07:41

One of the few food and drink combinations I don’t feel that happy about is wine and soup. Not all soups, obviously, but many of them.

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A lot of people are celebrating their heroines today but I want to flag up someone who I see as a star of the future in the UK wine industry - @natzgeorge who I was lucky enough to have as an intern last year. She’s studying for a BSc in Wine Production at @plumptonwine and she’s written a piece on how to taste wine for my website (click on the lInk in my bio to read it). You can also find her on Tiktok as @learnaboutwinewithme. Go Natalie! #futurestars #wine #internationalwomensday.

Not my best picture EVER but I dipped into @hughfearnleywhittingstall’s new book Eat Better Forever with my mate @fionasims on Zoom at the weekend and this was the result. Double dhal with carrot and raita salad.
Fi, being rather more health-conscious than I am, was keener on the book than I was - I definitely think dal benefits from both oil and onions but it made a really easy Saturday night supper and went brilliantly well with this lovely @pegasusbaywine Riesling as you can see from the post on my website (link in bio).
The wine was a press sample and the book a review copy.
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#dal #dhal #lentils #pulses #raita #riesling #vegetarian #winepairing #wineandfood #matchoftheweek

More tartine action, this time cos I fancied smoked salmon bagels but - small problem - hadn’t got any bagels. Actually they’re just as good on toast and look rather prettier tbh. Smørrebrød rather than tartines perhaps. Good breakfast anyway 😀.
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#tartine #toast #smorrebrod #smokedsalmon #opensandwich #breakfast #brunch

While they’re busy renaming fish they should have a think about the term ‘oily fish’. I mean, how offputting is that? Yet it’s actually rather delish, a great quick lunch and healthy, as we know. This was my pimped up sardines on toast this week with spring onion, parsley, lemon zest and a squeeze of lemon juice and a few toasted pine nuts sprinkled on top, cos why not?
If I called it sardine bruschetta would that make it sound sexier? (Sardine tartine, suggested by @everydayfabulousfood, is better still!)
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#fish #oilyfish #sardines #toast #tartine #lunch #easyrecipes #healthyfood #healthyeating #omega3

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