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70 cl · 47.5% · Single Malt

The Balvenie 12 Home Malted Barley – The 1931 Collection
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The Balvenie 12 Home Malted Barley – The 1931 Collection

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At the table with The Balvenie 12 Home Malted Barley – The 1931 Collection

Whisky · Scotland · 47.5%

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.
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 The Balvenie 12 Home Malted Barley – The 1931 Collection

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

Photos: Barbecued spare ribs: jeffreyw, CC BY 2.0 · Stilton: Innocenceisdeath, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dark chocolate cake: avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with The Balvenie 12 Home Malted Barley – The 1931 Collection

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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