Summer is finally here, and with it the strawberries, berries, rhubarb, white flat peaches all good paring with Rosé wine. Hot Summers evenings, afternoon barbecues, weddings, festivals, all occasions to enjoy and relax sipping on a cool glass of Rosé wine. The sound of corks popping, the wine pouring and the beautiful shimmer of the light pink coloured liquids in the clear glasses scream Summer!
Last month a wine tasting and a chance to discover more about Rosé d’Anjou wines, led me to come up with my own wine and food pairing using Rosé d’Anjou, Auguste Bonhomme as a cooking ingredient. A delightful medium-dry wine with Summer fruit bouquet, the ripe strawberry and raspberry notes expose its heritage. This refreshing wine is easy drinking with a clean slightly fine sweet savour finish that goes so well with this dish. A great aperitif wine as well good pairing with Chinese, Indian and Thai spicy food, as well as salads and terrines. Here I use it as ingredient and as a sort of dessert wine to accompany this sweet recipe.
seasonal white peaches in Rosé d’Anjou syrup :
Ingredients:
6 firm ripped flat white peaches, peeled
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
1 cup of Rosé d’Anjou (200ml)
1/2 cup of water (100ml)
2 cassia bark sticks
1 vanilla pod
3 cardamom pods
vanilla ice cream
topping: lightly toasted nuts, crumbled
Method:
1) in a pan, add the water, sugar, Rosé d’Anjou, cassia bark, vanilla pod and cardamom, over a simmering heat, poach the peaches in the liquid for about 5 minutes. Drain and reserve.
2) in the same pan reduce the liquid by half over very low heat, barely simmering. switch off the stove and let the syrup cool completely
3)to serve: place the peach in a bow, top with ice cream, syrup and top with the nut crumble. Enjoy with a cool glass of Rosé d’Anjou.
Cheers!
alternatively, white peaches can be replaced by strawberries and rhubarb compote or pears.
Some images of the Rosé d’Anjou tasting evening that took place at Queen of Hoxton, London
lovely food, interactive kebab making, a food photography talk and five excellent Rosé wines to taste
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| Pink Bandits: our award winning fish and seafood kebabs at the event.
I was a guest at Loire Valley Wines event . Views are my own. |
Fredricksburg Peaches are very popular here in Texas. This recipe is perfect for them. Love from Texas.