Pairings

What food to pair with Malbec

Posted on April 16 2021 at 07:49

Malbec has become so popular it may have become one of your favourite red wines but what are the best kind of dishes to pair with it?

Tags: noshow:highlight Malbec World Day Argentina stilton Cot Cahors Malbec drink:red wine blue cheese Barkham Blue Epoisses goats cheese cheese board garlic sausage sausages cassoulet duck duck confit game pheasant pot roast pheasant smoked bacon beef stew daube braise casserole short ribs shortribs lamb shanks cheddar aubergine pie game pie steak pie meat pie teppanyaki beef teppanyaki tagine lamb tagine roast venison roast beef venison beef steak beetroot plum compote rogan josh lamb curry burgers burritos fajitas spaghetti bolognese spaghetti and meatballs chilli con carne terrines charcuterie cured beef cheese
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The best food pairings for Chianti Classico and other Tuscan sangiovese (updated)

Posted on September 29 2021 at 07:26

There’s a lot of talk about how the wines of a region tend to match its food but that seems truer of Tuscany than almost anywhere else.

Wines to match different pasta sauces

Posted on February 6 2024 at 06:00

What wine should you pair with your favourite pasta?

6 of the best pairings for spaghetti bolognese

Posted on September 6 2021 at 07:07

Given the arguments about how to make a bolognese sauce it’s hardly surprising there should be a difference of opinion about what wine to serve with spaghetti bolognese but here’s what I would go for:

Tags: Sangiovese Barbera Zinfandel Chianti Italian reds drink:red wine spaghetti bolognese spaghetti food:pasta, rice & noodles
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What to drink with a TV dinner?

Posted on June 21 2009 at 12:17

This month’s issue of Observer Food Monthly hasa special on TV dinners featuring celebrities talking about their favourite snacks. Very few beverages are mentioned so I thought I’d suggest a few pairings ;-)

Chianti in magnum from Lidl

Posted on March 7 2020 at 12:10

The more, er ... mature ... among you may remember when you went to an Italian restaurant and found a round straw-covered bottle of Chianti on the table, often with a guttering candle stuck in the neck and wax (always red) dripping down the side. It’s rather weirdly called a fiasco - which is Italian for flask as well as referring to a disaster. Like Brexit. Or Boris.

Tags: lasagne spaghetti bolognese spaghetti and meatballs food:pasta, rice & noodles Chianti drink:red wine Italian red wine
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