Jul 9, 2014 | Barossa Food Flavours, Cellar Door, Events, Fortified Wine, Personalised Tastings
Join us for a flight of warming fortified wines matched to handmade chocolate truffles. This indulgent, hands-on experience is available for small groups.
Be taken on a journey of flavour through four varieties of premium fortified wines ranging from two to twenty years old. A rare treat!
Truffle pairings:
Apricot & Nutty Milk Chocolate – Muscat
Orange & White Chocolate – Frontignac
Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate – Semillon
Cranberry & Tawny Dark Chocolate – Tawny
When Sunday 27 July?& Sunday 31 August?2014?
Cost?$15 per person (includes discount on bottled wine purchases)
Bookings are essential. Please allow at least 30 minutes to enjoy the experience.
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Mar 27, 2014 | Barossa Food Flavours, Fortified Wine, Recipes, Red Wine
A quick an easy dessert to?showcase any seasonal fruit such as pears, apple or figs. Roasting the fruit in a sweet spiced syrup makes it melt in the mouth.
Degree of difficulty: easy
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
4-6 pears depending on size
2/3 cup?Barossa red wine
2/3 cup Ruby Grenache or Tawny Port
3 tablespoons castor sugar
1 pinch cinnamon
? lemon or lime
? orange
? vanilla bean or ? teaspoon essence
Method:
Step 1
Place fruit in a shallow baking dish. Add red wine and port then sprinkle over sugar and spice.
Step 2
Cut citrus fruit into quarters, slit open vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Place citrus and vanilla?seeds around the pears.
Step 3
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 200?C.
Step 4
Serve the pears with some of the syrup and a creamy topping (yoghurt or mascarpone)….and an extra?glass of Tawny.
Join us for a flight of warming fortified wines matched to handmade chocolate truffles. This indulgent, hands-on experience is available for small groups.