I recently hosted a chocolate and wine evening for friends where, for a bit of fun, we matched wines to chocolate. The evening was a great success as you can imagine two favourite things going hand in hand. The chocolate recipes and wines are posted together on the Blog under “How To’s”. This is something you may want to try yourself, I think even if everything is n’t perfect you can’t fail to impress your guests. I was n’t prescriptive about the wines, in fact, I think it is all down to personal taste what you think goes with what. However, everything was tried in a certain order because if, for example, you start with a dark chocolate dessert and strong red wine this is going to spoil your palate for whatever comes next. What I did do was use only white and red wines. We had none of the traditional dessert or fizzy wines you often get with chocolate. Anyway the tastings were lots of fun and will no doubt be repeated!

The menu
White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Fudge – Riesling
Chocolate Sorbet – oaked Chardonnay
White Chocolate and Ricotta Cheesecake – Pinot Grigio
Black Forest Roulade – Chianti
Ecuadorian Coffee Cream – Merlot

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