Valentine’s Day: wines to pair with fondue

Enjoy this delicious, warm and romantic dish for two

Nothing like a romantic dinner to celebrate your love and feelings for your partner this Valentine’s Day. To make everything even more special, the Fondue it is a dish that goes perfectly with the date, as it is shared, can be tasted without haste and goes very well with a bottle of wine.

Imagine this scene: the candlelit dining room, ambient music, you and your girlfriend, a cheese and wine fondue – hmmm we’re already jealous around here.

And since we are always ready to help our dear readers, we have separated two fondue recipes from Chef Angela Barretoa salty and a sweet one, and the best wines to pair with each – the advice of Deco Rossi, specialist in Wine.

Cheese fondue

It can be served with bread, salted waffles, breaded chicken fillet or meats.

ingredients

• 200 g of Gruyere cheese
• 200 g of steppe cheese
• 200 g of Emmenthal
• Nutmeg and black pepper to taste
• 1/2 glass of dry white wine

Phases

1. Grate all the cheeses and set aside;
2. In a medium saucepan, add the cheeses and wine. Mix everything over low heat until the mixture dissolves and becomes homogeneous;
3. Season with black pepper and nutmeg and place in the fondue saucepan.

Wines to match

According to Deco, the best pairing for a cheese fondue is white wine. The first reason is that the recipe already includes white wine, so this is a golden tip: if you have a food that uses wine in its preparation, that type is usually the best.

The second is that the cheeses are fatty and salty and these characteristics do not fit very well with a drink with a lot of tannin, which gives that astringent and annoying sensation in the mouth. So look for full-bodied whites like Chardonnay, Riesling, and Semillon. Even the Portuguese from the Douro, Alentejo or Dão region will not disappoint you.

However, if you’re planning on including meat on your plate, there’s no escaping a full-bodied red wine to go with. Choose from Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Carmenere and Tannat.

Chocolate Fondue

Dip fruit – strawberry, grape, banana, etc -, waffle or marshmallow into this chocolate dessert.

ingredients

• 100 g of semi-sweet chocolate
• 100 g of milk chocolate
• 100 ml of milk cream
• 100 g of dulce de leche

Phases

1. Bring the chocolate and cream over the heat in a double boiler, stirring constantly. Do not boil the water;
2. After obtaining a homogeneous mixture, add the dulce de leche;
3. Remove from the heat and put in the rechaud fondue with the sliced ​​fruit.

Wines to match

For the chocolate fondue, choose a sweet and intense wine – and not everyone can face this “struggle”. A good example is port wine, which is a fortified (more alcoholic) and sweet type. Accompanies with intensity and sweetness.

Spaniards from the Jerez region, produced with Pedro Ximenez grape, are also a good choice, as are some wines from the island of Madeira or the south of France, called Banyuls.

Source: Terra

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