Ingredients
- Preparation: Plan your menu.
Plan foods that will taste great together.
With some great advice form Atlanta Foods International, Southern Living and Karen MacNeil's "Shortcut Guide to Wine-and-Food Pairing", here is a basic guideline for choosing foods that will compliment each other.
Light flavors of chicken, fish, pork, turkey and veal goes well with fresh vegetables, mild, mellow semi soft cheeses like Brie, Camembert, white wines, Chardonay, Chianti, Savignon Blanc, full Cabernet and sparkling wines.
Bold, exotic dishes, citrus chicken, fish, game birds and pork pair well with summer vegetables, highly aromatic cheese like pungent Blue Cheese, Gouda and the medium bodied, intense flavor of Alsace Riesling, the world's most food-flexible wine.
Robust flavors of beef, chicken, game birds, lamb, liver, rabbit, squab, turkey and veal goes well with roasted potatoes, root vegetables, the harder, stronger flavored cheeses like Gruyere, aged cheddar cheese and medium bodied red wines like Pinot Noir and Perrin Reserve Cotes du Rhone.
Roasted beef, grilled steak, duck, lamb and venison pairs well with grilled summer vegetables, cheeses like Camembert, Gouda and full bodied red wines like Merlot and Fife Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cheese & Wine Pairings
Soft-ripened, mellow cheeses such as Brie, Camembert and Triple Creme taste great with sparkling wine, Chianti, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet, Chardonay or Pinot Noir
Hard Cheeses like Asiago, Parmesan taste great with Riesling, Sangiovese, sherry and sparkling wines.
Pungent Blue Cheese- Milk white marbled cheese with veins of blue-green mold. This tangy piquant flavored cheese pairs well with Riesling, Gewurztraminer, late-harvest Riesling and sparkling wines such as Brut.
Semi-hard cheeses like sharp cheddar pair well with late-harvest Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Grenache and Zifandel.
Soft Young Cheeses like organic goat cheese pairs well with simple young wines like Sauvignon Blanc and Sancerre.
Washed-rind cheeses like Limburger and Taleggio taste terrific with light fruity wines like Cotes du Rhone, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir and Cream Sherry.
Description
Preparation: The Day BeforePlan Your Menu. ShopPurchase Cheeses The Day Before To Maintain Freshness And Flavor.Buy 5 Different Types Of Cheese. Get 12-20 Ounces Of Each Cheese.Refrigerate Until 1 Hour Before The Party.Purchase 4 To 5 Different Wines.
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