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Tag Archives: claret
Traditional Roast Lamb and Trusty Claret
The reason for the recent frequency of claret is that I have quite a lot of 2005 clarets in the cellar, most bought in bond, some a little later, and several are reaching their prime drinking age. At the moment … Continue reading
Pork Casserole with a Fruity Claret
The casserole combines pork and prunes with the late addition of spinach. D got the recipe from a magazine and insists that it has all the hallmarks of Sybil Kapoor’s authorship. We hadn’t tried it before, but it was really … Continue reading
Roast Chicken with Claret
A classic Sunday roast that needs no description for British readers, except to emphasise that it is still very early spring so D went for the full Monty which includes stuffing and chipolatas. That makes for a heavier, richer tasting … Continue reading
Roast Beef & Claret
I dismissed the drinking of good claret with school dinners a few days ago, but roast beef is no school dinner so I brought up a bottle of Ch Clos l’Enclos, Cotes de Bourg 2005. Now 2005 was possibly the … Continue reading
Roast Rib of Beef and Two Major Wines
Roast beef isn’t that hard to choose wine for; it has to be red and reasonably weighty. This being the Christmas season and with guests to entertain, we were ready to serve significantly better wines. So tonight I got out … Continue reading
Porc au Pruneaux and an Essay on House Clarets
This is a traditional Loire dish as interpreted by Elizabeth David. Noisettes of pork fillet are served in a cream sauce with prunes that have been soaked, then cooked in white wine. Eaten French style, vegetables would be a separate … Continue reading
The First Roast Beef of Winter and a ‘Little’ Claret
As the first snow of winter fell, exceptionally early, we turned to the most traditional British roast. What goes with roast beef? Red wine. Practically any good red wine: Claret, Burgundy, Rhone, lots of Languedoc reds and probably lots of … Continue reading