The whole fish in a salt crystal coat – Provençal festivity Cooking loup de mer – sea bass – in salt dough is one of the oldest and most elegant techniques in Mediterranean fish cuisine. The fish is completely wrapped in a thick coating of sea salt and egg white and baked in the oven: […]
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Tuscan panzanella with anchovies and capers
07
May
May
Tuscany on a plate – when stale bread becomes the starring role Panzanella is one of the most honest dishes in Tuscan cuisine: soaked bread, fully ripe tomatoes, onions, basil – and in the version con acciughe e capperi, with anchovies and capers, a composition that extends far beyond the summer salad plate. Wine with […]
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Gazpacho Andaluz classic with prawn skewer
05
May
May
Summer in a bowl – Andalusia on the table Finding the right wine pairing for a classic gazpacho andaluz is one of the most straightforward tasks in summer wine cuisine: it’s hot, the dish is cold, and what you need in the glass is freshness, salt and an acidity that enlivens the tomato, cucumber and […]
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Spring vegetable tian with goat’s cheese from the oven
28
Apr
Apr
Provençal layering – when vegetables become a work of art If you want to combine wine with a vegetarian main course in the oven, Tian offers one of the most rewarding opportunities. The right wine pairing has to deal with a multitude of simultaneous vegetable flavors: the slight bitterness of the zucchini, the sweetness of […]
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Young carrots glazed with ginger honey and ricotta crostini
22
Apr
Apr
When vegetables take on the leading role – a vegetarian statement Finding the right wine accompaniment for a dish that seems modest at first glance is a special task. Wine with food here means taking the complexity of young vegetables seriously. Young carrots – with their greens, harvested before they have reached their full size […]
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Leg of lamb with wild garlic crust and white beans
22
Apr
Apr
Spring meets braised cuisine – when wild garlic crowns the lamb When you think of wine with lamb, you instinctively think of red wine. And here the red wine is indeed the obvious choice – but not the heavy Barolo or Bordeaux, but a Côtes du Rhône Rouge from the south of France, which with […]
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Cold pea and mint soup with salmon trout tartare
21
Apr
Apr
Cool elegance – the first day of summer in the glass and on the plate When we think of wine with food, we often think of gazpacho and tomatoes first. Yet the cold pea and mint soup is one of the most elegant spring dishes of all – fresh, bright green, with a sweetness that […]
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Green asparagus with scallops and pea puree
17
Apr
Apr
Spring from the sea – a combination with depth Finding the right wine pairing for scallops is one of the best tasks in the world of food pairing. In this case, wine with food means finding a wine that understands the iodine-sweet caramelization of a perfectly seared scallop, without losing the herbaceous intensity of the […]
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Green asparagus with rocket pesto and ricotta crostini
14
Apr
Apr
Mediterranean lightness – a dish for the first warm day of spring Combining wine and food works best when the wine and dish come from the same cultural area. This recipe is a song of praise to Ligurian cuisine: green asparagus, the herbaceous and bitter characteristics of which are enhanced with a spicy rocket pesto, […]
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Asparagus frittata with green asparagus and pecorino
13
Apr
Apr
Italian home cooking trimmed to spring cuisine Finding the right wine pairing for a frittata means looking for a wine that can handle eggs – and this is no trivial task in the wine world. Wine and food pairing with eggs often fails because of one detail: the sulphurous note that some wines bring out […]
