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How about having a New Year's Eve beer dinner for a change?

How about having a New Year's Eve beer dinner for a change?

Posted on December 29 2016 at 07:06

If you haven’t already made your plans for New Year’s Eve why not invite over a few friends and treat them to a beer dinner instead of one based on wine? It’s a great way to open their eyes to the great range of artisanal beers that are now available.

Tags: food:beef & lamb chicken liver paté paté food:soups & starters Anchor Liberty IPA raspberry beer Orval Belgian beer drink:beer & cider recipe New Year's Eve raspberry beer fruit beer trappist ale Orval dark trappist ale Belgian tripel American IPA IPA drink:beer & cider strong pale ale Bakewell tart food:desserts & cakes casserole Orval carbonnade of beef with Orval beef food:beef & lamb chicken liver pâté food:chicken & poultry food:soups & starters carbonnade of beef food:desserts & cakes tarts Bakewell tart
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An alternative New Year's Eve menu for four

An alternative New Year's Eve menu for four

Posted on December 26 2013 at 08:18

Tired of turkey? Bored with goose? Try Signe Johansen's fresh-tasting suggestions for a simple New Year's supper with friends.

Tags: drink:sweet & fortified wine drink:rosé Provencal rosé Lebanese food food:world food orange Pomegranate Shish Taouk Tabbouleh Baba Ganoush New Year's Eve Vin de Constance
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A winelover's New Year's Eve dinner

A winelover's New Year's Eve dinner

Posted on December 28 2010 at 07:59

After the tradition-bound cooking of the Christmas period (from which the family will never let you deviate . . .) it’s good to branch out a bit with your New Year’s Eve meal and also pick some dishes that will allow you to drink some serious wines. Note you need to start the beef two days in advance.

Tags: recipe New Year's Eve Muscat Samos Muscat Tokaji Passito di Pantelleria vin santo drink:sweet & fortified wine South Africa Napa Valley Coonawarra Margaret River Western Australia Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet blend drink:red wine white Hermitage white Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe Marsanne-Roussanne-Viognier Viognier Sauvignon Marsanne Roussanne Semillon Sauvignon-Semillon Semillon-Sauvignon Graves white Graves Chardonnay drink:white wine vacherin Eton Mess chestnuts South African sugar-cured châteaubriand Eton Mess with chestnuts food:desserts & cakes beef fillet beef food:beef & lamb scallops scallop salad with crispy pancetta food:veg & salads food:fish & shellfish food:soups & starters
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Foie gras and Sauternes

Foie gras and Sauternes

Posted on December 26 2006 at 16:20

While I no longer eat foie gras myself (as explained here) for the French there is no other way to celebrate the réveillon, or New Year’s Eve.

Tags: white burgundy burgundy Chardonnay drink:white wine Sauvignon Monbazillac Cadillac Loupiac late-harvest Bordeaux Semillon Sauternes drink:sweet & fortified wine terrine pâté offal foie gras food:soups & starters food:chicken & poultry réveillon New Year's Eve
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Maybe the best front-of-the-telly snack idea I’ve come across this Christmas: French fries with caviar and crème fraiche dip @bebebob. Which of course makes it spendy for a snack but you could pull the same trick with lumpfish roe. The schnitzel would be a bit more of a hassle to make at home but it was very very good. Add a glass (or two) of champagne and the top notch company of @thaneeprince and you have the perfect Christmas lunch. Thanks @gemmabelleats for making it happen. #guest (Small point, @bebebob, don’t want to seem picky but the traditional buckwheat blini is bitter for a reason and better than those slightly too soft, sweet crepes) *ducks* . . . #caviar #chips #frenchfries #dip #schnitzel #bebebob #londonfoodOne of the best steak tartares I’ve ever had @marmo.restaurant last night and I’ve eaten more than my fair share of steak tartare. Also an utterly dreamy plate of ricotta and cavolo nero agnolotti with pumpkin and sage butter under a billowy cloud of parmesan. (The pasta is always worth ordering but enough for two if you have other dishes so I’d share.) One of my favourite Bristol restaurants. . . . #steaktartare #agnolotti #pasta #pumpkin #marmo #bristolfoodGotta love a wine called bonkers zombie robot alien monsters from the future ate my brain (Sur lie)- a crazy Chardonnay from two vintages given different oak treatment from the. Incredibly talented @ermosug of @sugruesouthdowns. Hard to explain exactly what it tastes like - almost like clotted cream but lush and lemony with incredible acidity. Even better the second day. Like a mature grand cru Chablis. Thinking grilled oysters or scallops. #presssample but not a collab . . #chardonnay #whitewine #englishwine #dermotsugrueReposting this as the accompanying music was doing my head in. (That’ll teach me not to try to be cool 🙄) Few people regard it as obligatory to make their own birthday cake but @essexeating is one of them witness this spectacular - and delicious ~ layered carrot cake from the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. The other food was of course brilliant too. And the company and the games 🕺🏼Happy birthday for next week, Dan xx . . . #cake #birthdaycakr #carrotcake Follow on Instagram

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