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70 cl · 50% · Single Malt

Claxton’s Exploration Series Blair Athol 7 Years Old 2015
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Claxton's Exploration Series Blair Athol 7 Years Old 2015

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At the table with Claxton's Exploration Series Blair Athol 7 Years Old 2015

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

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.
StiltonWith the cheeseStilton

Ingredients

  • 160 grams Stilton

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.
Roasted walnutsAfter the mealRoasted walnuts

Ingredients

  • 150 grams walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • sea salt

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 °C.
  2. Mix the walnuts with the honey and spread them out on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
  3. Roast for 8 to 10 minutes until fragrant and lightly coloured, stirring halfway.
  4. Sprinkle immediately with sea salt and leave to cool until crisp.

To pour 4 cl per person

  • 1 bottle of Claxton's Exploration Series Blair Athol 7 Years Old 2015

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 · Stilton: Innocenceisdeath, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Geroosterde walnoten: tacowitte, CC BY 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with Claxton's Exploration Series Blair Athol 7 Years Old 2015

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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