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8 great drinks to match with mince pies (updated)

8 great drinks to match with mince pies (updated)

Posted on December 2 2024 at 11:36

Mince pies are so popular we all start eating them well before Christmas so what’s the best drink to pair with them?

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Planning ahead: The best wines to pair with your Christmas dinner

Planning ahead: The best wines to pair with your Christmas dinner

Posted on December 13 2022 at 06:57

I suspect many of you decide what you’re going to eat for Christmas and buy in wine without connecting the one with the other. From a food pairing point of view ,however, it would obviously be better to plan your drinking around the meals you’ve decided to make.

Tags: smoked salmon cheese christmas cake mince pies christmas pudding goose ham turkey Christmas
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10 offbeat Christmas wine pairings to suggest to your customers

10 offbeat Christmas wine pairings to suggest to your customers

Posted on December 7 2024 at 10:49

One of the reasons people most appreciate independent wine merchants is that they can talk to them about the kind of wine that will suit the meals or occasions they’re planning.

Tags: Stilton cheese panettone Christmas pudding mince pies food:desserts & cakes Christmas ham food:pork goose turkey food:chicken & poultry prawn cocktail seafood cocktail poached salmon smoked salmon food:fish & shellfish
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20 Christmas wine pairings to learn by heart

20 Christmas wine pairings to learn by heart

Posted on December 24 2021 at 07:34

One of the most popular posts I’ve ever written on this site was one called 20 food and wine pairings to learn by heart - an easy reference guide to commit to memory.

Tags: chicken liver parfait Christmas cake duck liver parfait seafood cocktail 20 pairings Vacherin Stilton trifle panettone stollen mince pies Christmas ham smoked salmon Christmas pudding oysters goose turkey Christmas turkey Christmas wine pairings Christmas
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Which foods pair best with tawny port?

Which foods pair best with tawny port?

Posted on September 10 2014 at 13:52

We rarely think of tawny port as a flexible pairing for food. We serve it with stilton, obviously and with hard cheeses like cheddar, with nuts and dried fruits and over Christmas with fruit cake and mince pies but that’s usually as far as it goes.

Tags: chocolate truffles roasted chestnuts biscotti panforte bitter chocolate dark chocolate chocolate parmesan Gouda Manchego Ossau Iraty partridge pheasant game roast lobster food:fish & shellfish prunes balsamic vinegar foie gras ginger ginger pudding ginger cake cheesecake crème brûlée dried fruit compote compote of dried fruits tarte tatin pear tatin banana tatin apple tatin pecan pie nut tart walnut tart almond tart pecans ham serrano ham jamon iberico air dried ham presunto terrine pâté chicken liver pâté chicken liver parfait duck liver parfait food:pork food:chicken & poultry almonds salted almonds food:soups & starters Queijo Serra bread pudding elvas plums figs crème caramel custard tart custard pastry natas pastel de nata sheep's cheese mince pies Christmas cake fruit cake nuts dried fruit blue cheese stilton food:fruit food:desserts & cakes cheese drink:sweet & fortified wine port tawny port 10 year old tawny 20 year old tawny Christmas
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What food to pair with Vin Santo?

What food to pair with Vin Santo?

Posted on November 10 2009 at 07:54

No visit to Tuscany is complete without a glass of Vin Santo or ‘holy wine’, a (usually) sweet wine that is served at the end of the meal, almost always with hard little ‘cantucci’ biscuits.

Tags: Tuscany rancio Vin Santo vin santo drink:sweet & fortified wine Gorgonzola blue cheese foie gras cheese rich pâté duck liver pâté panforte mince pies chocolate dark chocolate fruit cake chestnut cake pecan pie walnut tart panforte cantuccini cantucci food:desserts & cakes
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The best pairings for sweet oloroso and PX sherry

The best pairings for sweet oloroso and PX sherry

Posted on November 9 2023 at 07:28

Sherry gets a bad rap for being granny’s tipple of choice but if you’ve never tried an authentic Spanish style sweet sherry you haven’t lived.

Tags: chocolate brownies salted caramel ice cream brown bread ice cream rum and raisin ice cream vanilla ice cream ice cream gingerbread banana tatin chocolate chip cookies tiramisu coffee cake pumpkin pie walnut tart pecan pie turron stollen Christmas cake eccles cakes mince pies food:desserts & cakes PX PX sherry cream sherry oloroso sherry sherry drink:sweet & fortified wine
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Eccles cakes and medium-sweet sherry

Eccles cakes and medium-sweet sherry

Posted on September 21 2024 at 09:31

It’s a bit early to be thinking about mince pies though I’m sure there are some in the shops somewhere but Booths showed off their very tasty festive eccles cakes with a mince pie filling at their autumn tasting the other day.

Tags: amontillado sweet sherry medium-sweet sherry sherry drink:sweet & fortified wine mince pies food:desserts & cakes
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Gosh what an amazing place @thegoodsshed_ Canterbury is. Part farmers market, part restaurant, using the produce from the stalls. The Arbroath smokie pâté with leeks (first shot) whipped up when the crab tart ran out was particularly impressive. And the Cavatelli with squash, saffron sauce, Cashel blue and walnuts. And that PIE which unusually I resisted Wonderfully inventive seasonal cooking . Could shop and eat there every day (just as well I live in Bristol!) . . . #smokedfish #cavatelli #saffron #cashelblue #pie #canterbury #kentfood . . .Lovely to see that old Soho still exists. The Academy club above @andrew.edmunds with food from the kitchen downstairs. Plus their stellar winelist. Got a bit of a look for bringing out my phone to snatch these sneaky shots so didn’t push my luck FYI I ate lamb with turnips and drank a Lirac …. . . #andrewedmunds #soho #restaurantinterior #menu #winelist #londonfoodMy Christmas cookbook gift guide is out, written as usual from the perspective of which book will suit which family member not which books are the best of the year. Though there are many of my own favourites there. A LOT of plant-based books this year which I always find a bit of a mystery given only around 11% of the population is veggie and a smaller percentage still vegan. Only @timhayward’s admirable Steak is dedicated - daringly - to meat. Link in bio. Links in the roundup are to @bookshop_org_uk not Amazon which benefits local bookshops although you could always pop into your local and get them to order in at least one of the ones you want, couldn’t you? 😉 . . . #cookbook #booklovers #bookshopThe old and new faces of the @guardian wine column. So pleased and proud to see this very talented young writer taking over. Go @hannahcrosb! . . . #hannahcrosbie #wine #winewriter #guardian Follow on Instagram

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