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Wine With Dessert or Wine as Dessert
All dessert wines have one thing in common: sweetness. Hence the name "dessert" wines. Their sweetness closes your palate and makes you feel satisfied after a good meal. For serving dessert wine at home, half bottles are recommended because a full bottle isn't practical unless a lot of people are sharing. Instead of serving dessert, some prefer to serve dessert wine. A glass of dessert wine can give you the satisfying sweetness of dessert with a lot less bulk and zero fat!
Favororable wine and dessert combinations:
Port - dark chocolate desserts, walnuts, poached pears
Madeira - milk chocolate, nut tarts, creme caramel, coffee or mocha flavored
Pedro Ximenez Sherry - vanilla ice cream (with wine poured over), raisin-nut cakes, desserts with figs or dried fruits
Sauternes - fruit tarts, poached fruits, creme brulee, caramel and hazelnut desserts
Beerenauslese and Late Harvet Riesling - fruit tarts, almond cookies, creme brulee
Asti Spumante - fresh fruits, biscotti
Vouvray - fruit tarts, fresh fruits
Dessert Recipes:
Bruschetta with Honey Ricotta and Strawberries:
- ¾ cup fresh ricotta – about 6 ½ ounces
- 1 tablespoon honey, plus extra for drizzling
- 4 slices of raisin or currant bread
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- ½ pint strawberries, sliced
- Beat the fresh ricotta with 1 tablespoon honey. Toast the bread and brush the toast with the melted butter. Top with the ricotta.
- Garnish the bruschetta with sliced strawberries and drizzle honey over all. Serve immediately.
Wine - Serve this sweet and simple bruschetta for breakfast with coffee or dessert with port wine. Since this recipe is easy, all the ingredients must be topnotch.
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