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70 cl · 46% · Single Malt

Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Air Dried Oak
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Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Air Dried Oak

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At the table with Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Air Dried Oak

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

Barbecued spare ribsWith the mealBarbecued spare ribs

Ingredients

  • 2 kilos spare ribs
  • 6 tablespoons barbecue sauce
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 corn cobs

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150 °C.
  2. Rub the spare ribs with the paprika, salt and pepper, wrap them in aluminium foil and cook them in the oven for 2 to 2.5 hours.
  3. Mix the barbecue sauce with the honey and the crushed garlic.
  4. Boil the corn cobs for 10 minutes in salted water.
  5. Grill the spare ribs and the corn for 10 minutes on the hot barbecue, brushing the ribs regularly with the sauce until they shine.
With the cheeseMature cheddar

Ingredients

  • 160 grams mature cheddar

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.
Crème brûléeAfter the mealCrème brûlée

Ingredients

  • 500 millilitres whipping cream
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 100 grams sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 4 tablespoons cane sugar for the crust

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150 °C.
  2. Split the vanilla pod, scrape out the seeds and heat the cream with the pod and seeds until just below boiling.
  3. Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and pour in the warm cream, stirring.
  4. Strain the mixture, divide it between four ovenproof ramekins and place them in an ovenproof dish with hot water.
  5. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until the cream has just set but still wobbles slightly, leave to cool and chill for at least 4 hours.
  6. Just before serving, sprinkle with cane sugar and caramelise with a blowtorch or under a hot grill.

To pour 4 cl per person

  • 1 bottle of Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Air Dried Oak

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

Foto’s: Spareribs van de barbecue: jeffreyw, CC BY 2.0 · Crème brûlée: avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Air Dried Oak

We have worked out this cigar alongside Glen Scotia 12 Years Old, another whisky from Scotland.

Cigars
Our choice

Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de San Juan

Cuban size of 150 mm, mild and sweet in the wood, alongside the vanilla and cinnamon of Glen Scotia.

Why this works together

Le Hoyo de San Juan is 150 mm long and wide in ring gauge. Hoyo de Monterrey is the mildest of the great Cuban houses: sweet wood and cedar smoke instead of pepper. That sweet wood note ties in with the vanilla and cinnamon in the whisky, while the salt and citrus keep the whole from turning out too sweet.

Also good with this whisky

  • H. Upmann Magnum 50Same order of size, 160 mm, but drier and nuttier in tone.
  • Montecristo Double Edmundo155 mm with cocoa and pepper, as a counterweight to the sweetness.
  • Davidoff Nicaragua ToroA 152 mm toro with distinct pepper, a different direction from the Cubans.

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky.

Photo: sridgway, CC BY 2.0

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