Recipes

Wine pairing: 2025 Gérard Bertrand Gris Blanc Organic, IGP Pays d’Oc, France.

Ingredients:

5 cups of flour

1 lb lard

1 tbsp of white vinegar

1 egg

Water

1 tsp butter

3 large tomatoes

Goat cheese

1 tsp Dijon mustard

Chives

Wine pairing: 2022 Viticcio Sospetti Rosso Toscana IGT, Italy.

Ingredients:

500g of good quality, dry pasta (I like rigatoni better than true ziti because of the size and ridges)

500g of ground pork sausage meat

660ml jar of good quality tomato sauce

340g of mozzarella, shredded

340g mozzarella, cubed into 2cm pieces

Butter to grease dish.

Salt and pepper

Wine pairing:

2024 Frescobaldi Tenuta di Castiglioni Tuscany IGT, Italy.

Ingredients

5-6 beef short ribs

2 tsp each sea salt and pepper

2 tbsp of sunflower oil

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 large onion, rough chopped

2 carrots, chopped

2 tbsp tomato paste

2 cups of the wine you’re serving with the beef

3 cups of good quality beef stock (preferably homemade)

2 bay leaves