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?

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Six of the best food pairings for Australian Shiraz

Posted on January 26 2022 at 08:49

What most people probably think of in terms of Australian red wine is a Barossa or McLaren Vale shiraz - big, lush, sweet and ripe, the ideal pairing for grilled or barbecued beef. Hunter Valley shiraz typically has a more savoury character that suits meats like venison and kangaroo while Western Australian shiraz is made in a more elegant style, almost like a red Bordeaux, making it a good pairing for lamb.

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8 great food pairings for stout and porter

Posted on March 15 2019 at 06:42

Although there are obviously differences between the two types of beer, dark stouts and porters tend to pair with similar types of food. Here are my top matches ...

Layered sweet and sour beef stew (Lah'meh Fil Meh'leh)

Posted on February 27 2022 at 10:11

So many cookbooks these days have similar dishes that it's great to come across one that includes recipes you won't find elsewhere. That's absolutely the case with Eat Share Love a collection of recipes and stories from the home cooks of Bristol's 91 language communities collated by food writer and campaigner Kalpna Woolf.

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Beef stew and oloroso sherry

Posted on October 14 2023 at 11:47

Last week I was at the Copa Jerez, an international wine and food competition where teams pair a 3 course menu with sherry.

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Beef stew and Bordeaux

Posted on February 5 2019 at 08:12

Coming home to the UK after 10 days in the Caribbean was a bit of a shock to the system especially when we were snowed in on Friday so I leapt at a neighbour’s invitation to come round for a hearty beef stew.

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Haggis and Westmalle Dubbel

Posted on January 25 2010 at 14:05

If you’re going to or hosting a Burns’ Night dinner tonight and want to create a bit of a stir, crack open a bottle of Westmalle Dubbel, a classic Belgian Trappist ale that is still made by monks at the monastery of Westmalle. You could of course drink a Scottish beer - there are plenty of good ones - but haggis to my mind needs a bit of roundness, sweetness and strength, qualities you find more often in Belgian than British beers.