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Black Bull 3-pack

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Whisky · Scotland · 50%

Why this works together

Chosen by type (whisky). Whisky goes with dishes that have their own character, with an aged cheese and, after the meal, with something with chocolate, caramel or nuts.

What is needed

For 4 people

Duck breast with cherry sauceWith the mealDuck breast with cherry sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 duck breasts
  • 300 grams cherries
  • 100 millilitres red wine
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 20 grams butter
  • 800 grams potatoes

Method

  1. Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water for about 20 minutes until tender.
  2. Score the skin of the duck breasts in a diamond pattern, season with salt and pepper and stone the cherries.
  3. Place the duck breasts skin side down in a cold pan and cook them for 8 to 10 minutes until the skin is crisp.
  4. Turn them over, cook them for 3 to 4 minutes for pink, and leave them to rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
  5. Pour most of the fat out of the pan and cook the cherries with the red wine and the honey for 5 minutes to make a sauce.
  6. Whisk the butter into the sauce, slice the duck breast and serve with the sauce and the potatoes.
Aged GoudaWith the cheeseAged Gouda

Ingredients

  • 160 grams aged Gouda

Method

  1. Take the cheese out of the fridge about an hour before serving; that brings out the flavour best.
  2. Only cut or break the cheese just before serving.
Chocolate trufflesAfter the mealChocolate truffles

Ingredients

  • 200 grams dark chocolate
  • 150 millilitres whipping cream
  • 20 grams butter
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

Method

  1. Finely chop the chocolate and put it in a bowl.
  2. Bring the cream just to the boil and pour it over the chocolate.
  3. Leave for 1 minute, stir to a smooth ganache and stir in the butter.
  4. Leave the ganache to set, covered, in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
  5. Scoop small portions with a teaspoon, quickly roll them into balls and coat them in the cocoa powder.
  6. Keep cool and take them out of the fridge a quarter of an hour before serving.

To pour 4 cl per person

  • 4 bottles of Black Bull 3-pack

The quantities are a guide for home cooking; salt, pepper and oil for frying are not always listed.

Photos: Duck breast with cherry sauce: CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange, CC BY 2.0 · Aged Gouda: goblinbox_(queen_of_ad_hoc_bento), CC BY 2.0 · Chocolate truffles: cobaltfish, CC BY-SA 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with Black Bull 3-pack

We have worked out this cigar alongside Oban 14 Years Old Highland Malt, another whisky from Scotland.

Cigars
Our choice

Cohiba Siglo I

The shortest size in the Siglo series, 102 mm, light to medium; creamy and just firm enough alongside the briny character.

Why this works together

The Siglo I is short and moderate in strength, with a creamy, lightly grassy smoke. Salt brings smoke forward, and the brininess of the Oban works as that amplifier here. Because the cigar is finished in half an hour, 43 percent ABV is more than enough.

Also good with this whisky

  • Cohiba Siglo IISlightly longer, same house style; the choice if you have a bit more time.
  • Quai d’Orsay No. 50Short Cuban robusto of moderate strength, with a soft, woody character.
  • Rafael González PerlasOne of the mildest short Cubans; lets the salt in the whisky do the work.

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky.

Photo: alexbrn, CC BY 2.0

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What goes with this glass

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