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70 cl · 46% · Single Malt

Benromach Contrasts UnPeated
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Benromach Contrasts UnPeated

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At the table with Benromach Contrasts UnPeated

Whisky, smoky · Scotland · 46%

Why this works together

Chosen by type (whisky) and name (peat or smoke). A smoky whisky calls for dishes with a pronounced character of their own: smoked fish, something from the grill or a robust blue cheese.

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.
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.
Dark chocolate cakeAfter the mealDark chocolate cake

Ingredients

  • 200 grams dark chocolate
  • 150 grams butter
  • 150 grams sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 50 grams flour
  • cocoa powder for dusting

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a springform tin with butter.
  2. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bain-marie.
  3. Whisk the eggs with the sugar until fluffy and fold in the chocolate mixture.
  4. Fold in the flour with a pinch of salt and pour the batter into the tin.
  5. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the edge has set and the centre is still slightly moist.
  6. Leave to cool and dust with cocoa powder.

To pour 4 cl per person

  • 1 bottle of Benromach Contrasts UnPeated

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 · Roquefort: Smabs Sputzer (1956-2017), CC BY 2.0 · Pure chocoladetaart: avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with Benromach Contrasts UnPeated

A smoky whisky, as the name says. We have worked out this cigar alongside Laphroaig 10 Years Old Sherry Oak Finish, also a smoky whisky.

Cigars
Our choice

Padrón 1964 Anniversary Exclusivo

Pressed Nicaraguan puro of full weight; pepper and cocoa against the peat.

Why this works together

A Nicaraguan puro of this weight brings pepper, earth and cocoa and so holds its own against the peat. The sherry finish makes the difference: without that sweet layer, two dry, smoky partners would make each other harsh. At 48 percent ABV the whisky does lead, so take the glass slowly.

Also good with this whisky

  • Padrón 1926 Serie No. 35From the same house and a notch fuller still; only if you dilute the whisky generously with water.
  • My Father Le Bijou 1922Full-bodied Nicaraguan cigar with a dark wrapper and lots of pepper.
  • Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970Classic heavy Nicaraguan, earthy and spicy; the driest of the four.

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky.

Photo: alexbrn, CC BY 2.0

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