...to pair with vintage Port, what kind of cake would it be? Chocolate with nuts, maybe some kind of berry ganache? Ideas and suggestions are welcome. Thanks!
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Sticky Toffee Pudding with old VP?
Banana bread pudding with dark chocolate chips
how old is the port? =)
Colonial Innkeeper's Pie with pecans.
quote:Originally posted by g-man:
how old is the port? =)
92 Fonseca.
Brownies with Apricot Brandy soaked raisins
Flourless Chocolate cake
A port wine chocolate cake
the 92' fonseca is still a brawny port but with a super silky mid palate and finish.
I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
A fun after dinner snack is also to do some dried apricots stuffed with blue cheese and almond.
I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
A fun after dinner snack is also to do some dried apricots stuffed with blue cheese and almond.
Dark spice cake with blue cheese / cream cheese frosting.
But really for port my favorite is figs cut in a cross most of the way down, stuffed with blue cheese and drizzled with honey and put under the broiler.
But really for port my favorite is figs cut in a cross most of the way down, stuffed with blue cheese and drizzled with honey and put under the broiler.
quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
But really for port my favorite is figs cut in a cross most of the way down, stuffed with blue cheese and drizzled with honey and put under the broiler.
most definitely!
quote:Originally posted by g-man:
the 92' fonseca is still a brawny port but with a super silky mid palate and finish.
I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
A fun after dinner snack is also to do some dried apricots stuffed with blue cheese and almond.
Thanks all for the suggestions. The flourless cake with candied nuts will likely be the choice.
quote:Originally posted by g-man:
the 92' fonseca is still a brawny port but with a super silky mid palate and finish.
I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
A fun after dinner snack is also to do some dried apricots stuffed with blue cheese and almond.
no crabcakes?
quote:Originally posted by irwin:quote:Originally posted by g-man:
the 92' fonseca is still a brawny port but with a super silky mid palate and finish.
I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
A fun after dinner snack is also to do some dried apricots stuffed with blue cheese and almond.
no crabcakes?
no one would believe me =(
that and it'd have to be an older port hehe
I would, too, enjoy a flourless cake. My version would include a molten port wine chocolate ganache. Roasted glazed nuts and a variety of dried fruits would be set atop, absolutely!
Bleu cheese, however, is telling of an amateur "cook" trying impress his or her guests beyond their abilities
Too much piquancy. Too many notes, an odd mixtures of flavours positively! I suggest you take heed and follow my expert and professional advise, truly.
Cheers!
~W&FE~
Bleu cheese, however, is telling of an amateur "cook" trying impress his or her guests beyond their abilities
Too much piquancy. Too many notes, an odd mixtures of flavours positively! I suggest you take heed and follow my expert and professional advise, truly.Cheers!
~W&FE~
Ah yes W&FE, the perennial chef for the National Association of People Without Taste Buds annual awards dinner.
quote:I suggest you take heed and follow my expert and professional advise, truly.
Cheers!
~W&FE~
We suggest you kindly go eat a bowl of f**k, positively.
quote:Originally posted by Wine and Food Expert:
I suggest you take heed and follow my expert and professional advise, truly.
Cheers!
~W&FE~
take my ADVICE, and learn to differentiate between advise and advice.
FWIW: Dates stuffed with Valdeon.
quote:Originally posted by Wine and Food Expert:
I would, too, enjoy a flourless cake. My version would include a molten port wine chocolate ganache. Roasted glazed nuts and a variety of dried fruits would be set atop, absolutely!
Bleu cheese, however, is telling of an amateur "cook" trying impress his or her guests beyond their abilities
Cheers!
~W&FE~
Who says, "Port wine...?" It's just Port! You don't say, "I'll have a glass of Chardonnay wine..." do you?
Red Cake, White Cake, Port Cake - in a recipe or dish name sometimes it needs the word. The food and wine expert seemed to have stolen ideas from different replies and made a self proclaimed "masterpiece".
quote:I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
You make this regularly??
G-man, my admiration for you is boundless.
quote:Originally posted by GregT:quote:I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I really like the flourless chocolate cake idea and I typically top it with some candied nuts and bacon pieces to round out the flavors when pairing with port.
You make this regularly??
G-man, my admiration for you is boundless.
i go on streaks.
so this may occur for a good month straight!
I am very lazy and usually when I bake a cake the main criteria is fast 
So it would be either brownie or apple pie.
So it would be either brownie or apple pie.