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70 cl · 40%

€ 36,99

Ararat 10 Years Old Akhtamar
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Ararat 10 Years Old Akhtamar

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Brandy · Various · 40%

Why this works together

Chosen for the type (brandy). Grape brandy, like cognac and armagnac, goes well with poultry and meat in a sweet sauce, with aged cheese and, after dinner, with chocolate.

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.
RoquefortWith the cheeseRoquefort

Ingredients

  • 160 grams Roquefort

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

  • 1 bottle of Ararat 10 Years Old Akhtamar

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

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Photos: Duck breast with cherry sauce: CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange, CC BY 2.0 · Roquefort: Smabs Sputzer (1956-2017), CC BY 2.0 · Chocolate truffles: cobaltfish, CC BY-SA 2.0

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