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Chocolate and cherry roulade

Chocolate and cherry roulade

Posted on October 14 2013 at 09:26

To celebrate Chocolate Week here's one of my favourite recipes for a chocolate and cherry roulade which comes from my book An Appetite for Ale. Unusually it contains two different types of beer! You can obviously leave one of them out though a cherry beer is the perfect pairing with it.

Tags: recioto della Valpolicella drink:sweet & fortified wine cherry beer Kriek drink:beer & cider cherry cherries food:fruit chocolate roulade chocolate food:desserts & cakes
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Raspberry beer with chocolate and raspberries

Raspberry beer with chocolate and raspberries

Posted on February 9 2009 at 08:17

If you’re looking for something really original to impress your Valentine next weekend try this fabulous pairing.

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What to drink with cake

What to drink with cake

Posted on September 5 2007 at 09:42

A recent email from a reader asked me to suggest a wine to go with “a triple coconut cake with a tangy pineapple icing served with fresh fruit salsa that has kiwi, strawberry, madarine oranges, blueberries and fresh pineapple in it”. Quite a challenge (I suggested demi-sec Champagne or a peach-flavoured liqueur topped up with fizz) but it got me thinking that there are many possible matches for cake beyond a cup of tea or coffee, particularly if you're serving it as a dessert.

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