More attention whoring: cheese sugestions for sweet wines

Started by Martinus, September 30, 2011, 09:18:24 AM

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Martinus

I'm looking for cheese suggestions for sweet wines, in particular madeira or port.  :homestar:

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Brazen

None, the cheese course should act as a palate cleanser before the port. A chemical reaction occurs between the proteins in milk which coats the tongue and makes the wine taste more acidic. Just serve grapes or pears with your cheese.

However, if you insist in ruining both your fortified wines and your cheese, only a sturdy blue cheese like mature Stilton will stand up to the assault.

Martinus

What about hard sweet cheese, like Gruyere, with Madeira?

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Brazen

Quote from: Martinus on September 30, 2011, 09:26:43 AM
What about hard sweet cheese, like Gruyere, with Madeira?
Madeira and Gruyere work together in recipes, like onion soup with Gruyere, but in that case the alcohol's been boiled off.

Be civilised and wait. And if you really want to show class, stick with cheese from a single region. Gruyere and Stilton on the same cheese board is a no-no.

But seeing as you wear a ready-tied bow tie and have thus proven you have no class, just load up on whatever cheese you want and glug down the booze of your choice :P

Gups

Brazen is right as usual. If you ust pair a sweet wine with cheese the best is a blue cheese. Gorgonzola would work ok. Sweet wines go with pudding


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