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70 cl · 46% · Single Malt

Balblair 25 YR Single Malt Whisky
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Balblair 25 YR Single Malt Whisky

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At the table with Balblair 25 YR Single Malt Whisky

Whisky · Scotland · 46%

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

Smoked salmon with dillWith the mealSmoked salmon with dill

Ingredients

  • 200 grams smoked salmon
  • 1 bunch of dill
  • 100 grams crème fraîche
  • 8 small toasts

Method

  1. Finely chop the dill and stir half of it into the crème fraîche with a little pepper.
  2. Spread the toasts with the crème fraîche.
  3. Top with a piece of smoked salmon and garnish with the rest of the dill.
ComtéWith the cheeseComté

Ingredients

  • 160 grams Comté

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 Balblair 25 YR Single Malt Whisky

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

Photos: Smoked salmon with dill: avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Comté: leszed.com, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chocolate truffles: cobaltfish, CC BY-SA 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with Balblair 25 YR Single Malt Whisky

We have worked out this cigar alongside Monkey Shoulder, another whisky from Scotland.

Cigars
Our choice

Davidoff Signature 2000

Dominican corona of 127 mm under a Connecticut wrapper, light in weight and low in pepper.

Why this works together

The Signature 2000 is 127 mm long and slim in ring gauge. Under a Connecticut wrapper, that size gives wood and cream and hardly any pepper. With a blended malt of 40 percent ABV, that is the right order of magnitude: the caramel in the whisky and the cream in the tobacco lie close together, without either one taking over.

Also good with this whisky

  • Macanudo Café Hyde ParkRobusto with the same mild wrapper, slightly thicker and so fuller in smoke.
  • AVO Classic No. 2Dominican under a Connecticut wrapper, longer but just as restrained.
  • H. Upmann Coronas JuniorCuban petit corona of 110 mm, drier in tone, as a counterweight to the caramel.

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky.

Photo: sridgway, CC BY 2.0

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