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Old Particular Christmas Festive 8YO
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Old Particular Christmas Festive 8YO

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At the table with Old Particular Christmas Festive 8YO

Whisky · Scotland

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

Venison steak with forest fruit sauceWith the mealVenison steak with forest fruit sauce

Ingredients

  • 4 venison steaks of 150 grams
  • 200 grams forest fruits
  • 100 millilitres red wine
  • 100 millilitres game stock
  • 30 grams butter
  • 1 kilo potatoes
  • 400 grams Brussels sprouts

Method

  1. Take the steaks out of the fridge half an hour before cooking and season them with salt and pepper.
  2. Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water for about 20 minutes until tender.
  3. Trim the Brussels sprouts and boil them for 6 to 8 minutes until just tender.
  4. Fry the steaks in hot butter for 2 to 3 minutes per side and leave them to rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
  5. Deglaze the pan with the red wine and game stock, add the forest fruits and reduce to a glossy sauce.
  6. Slice the meat on the diagonal and serve with the sauce, the potatoes and the Brussels sprouts.
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.
Sticky toffee puddingAfter the mealSticky toffee pudding

Ingredients

  • 200 grams pitted dates
  • 175 grams self-raising flour
  • 150 grams dark soft brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 75 grams butter
  • 200 millilitres whipping cream for the sauce
  • 100 grams brown sugar for the sauce

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease an ovenproof dish with butter.
  2. Chop the dates, pour boiling water over them, leave to soak for 10 minutes and mash them.
  3. Beat the butter with the brown sugar until creamy, beat in the eggs and fold in the self-raising flour and the dates.
  4. Pour the batter into the dish and bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
  5. For the sauce, heat the cream with the brown sugar and simmer gently for 5 minutes, stirring, until it thickens.
  6. Serve the pudding warm with the sauce poured over.

To pour 4 cl per person

  • 1 bottle of Old Particular Christmas Festive 8YO

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

Photos: Venison steak with forest fruit sauce: Flyinace2000, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Comté: leszed.com, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Sticky toffee pudding: thefoodplace.co.uk, CC BY 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with Old Particular Christmas Festive 8YO

We have paired this cigar with Bunnahabhain 12 Years Old, another whisky from Scotland.

Cigars
Our choice

Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill

Cuban robusto of 124 mm, medium in strength; woody and floral, with body from the filler.

Why this works together

A robusto is thick and has relatively a lot of filler; that gives body without the pepper of the wrapper taking the lead. Against that body you set cask rather than smoke here: the sherry note runs beneath the tobacco smoke instead of against it. At 46.3 per cent ABV the whisky has enough weight not to fade.

Also good with this whisky

  • Juan Lopez Selección No. 2Robusto of the same class, slightly spicier, and a calm partner for an unpeated malt.
  • H. Upmann Magnum 50Thicker and longer, with Upmann's restrained house style; for a longer sitting.
  • Vegas Robaina FamososCuban robusto with an earthy, mild build that leaves room for the sherry note.

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky.

Photo: alexbrn, CC BY 2.0

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