Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Pairings for an upcoming dinner


I'm preparing a 5-course dinner with an amuse bouche for some friends in a couple weeks. I'm going to ask them to bring wine, but I have never been particularly good at determining appropriate wine pairings. The menu is


amuse bouche crostini with chicken liver pâté


bread cornbread with whipped honey butter (this is fairly sweet, but it maintains a lovely sweet corn flavor. It's also very dense.)


soup broccoli gruyère


salad confit squash with hazelnuts, lemon juice, chives, and ricotta salata


entree forbidden rice with squid ink and sous vide clams


dessert flourless carrot cake with cream cheese icing (this is more of a very thick, stable custard)


I'm looking for something to go with the first 3 or 4 (which will be served fairly quickly), then another to go with the 4th and/or 5th. It seems unlikely there would be a wine that paired well with the clams AND carrot cake, so I may forgo a pairing for the last course. I'll make coffee and pour some cordials or something.


Thank you in advance for any advice!



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