We
have had a lovely Easter, spending it with friends from overseas and those who
live locally, eating and drinking - mostly at home as the March weather turned
very wintry so there was not much incentive to go out. We have also had some
incredible wines. Our Easter meal with family was on Saturday night when a
friend brought a prawn and avocado starter which we had with Magdalena
Sauvignon Blanc 2009 from Gabrielskloof. Lynne prepared duck breasts with pomegranate
molasses and five spice seasoning and this went so perfectly with Newton
Johnson 2008 Full Stop Rock (Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre) that we demolished 2
bottles. Our recipe for today is the dessert we had, Ile Flottante, one of
Lynne's favourites, often relished in France in years gone by. It is a floating
island of baked meringue in a lake of creamy vanilla custard. We were
incredibly lucky to have been brought a bottle of an iconic aged dessert wine
by a guest, a Nederburg NLH 1983 which had silky honey layered with good crisp
limes and was the perfect foil for this rather sweet pudding.
We
went to an Easter lunch party on Sunday and Lynne's contribution was a large
Greek Easter spinach and cheese pie, known as Spanakopita, that will be our
recipe next week
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John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus
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