Pairings | Riesling

8 great wine and other matches for Stollen

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on December 10 2023 at 07:47

Although stollen is a little bit lighter than the classic British Christmas baking some of the pairings I suggested with mince pies (like sweet sherry and tawny port) will work too . . .

But here are some other ideas, with additional contributions from my helpful followers on Twitter:

Coffee

So obvious, perhaps that it doesn’t need saying but the great German tradition of kaffee und kuchen points to coffee with stollen rather than tea. @sbonnerabv went as far as to specify an espresso with whipped cream and a shot of peach schnapps

Schnapps

In fact peach schapps was mentioned twice. I’m not sure I wouldn’t prefer an apple or pear-flavoured one or similar Alsace eau-de-vie (apples and pears and marzipan being a well-tried and tested flavour combination) but worth a try

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