Buy THE POWERSCOURT Fercullen 18 years old at ’t Bockje Bathmen

70 cl · 43% · Single Malt

THE POWERSCOURT Fercullen 18 years old
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THE POWERSCOURT Fercullen 18 years old

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At the table with THE POWERSCOURT Fercullen 18 years old

Whisky · Ireland · 43%

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

Duck breast with cherry sauceWith the mealDuck breast with cherry sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 duck breasts
  • 300 grams cherries
  • 100 millilitres red wine
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 20 grams butter
  • 800 grams potatoes

Method

  1. Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water for about 20 minutes until tender.
  2. Score the skin of the duck breasts in a diamond pattern, season with salt and pepper and stone the cherries.
  3. Place the duck breasts skin side down in a cold pan and cook them for 8 to 10 minutes until the skin is crisp.
  4. Turn them over, cook them for 3 to 4 minutes for pink, and leave them to rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
  5. Pour most of the fat out of the pan and cook the cherries with the red wine and the honey for 5 minutes to make a sauce.
  6. Whisk the butter into the sauce, slice the duck breast and serve with the sauce and the potatoes.
Aged GoudaWith the cheeseAged Gouda

Ingredients

  • 160 grams aged Gouda

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 POWERSCOURT Fercullen 18 years old

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

Photos: Duck breast with cherry sauce: CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange, CC BY 2.0 · Old Gouda cheese: goblinbox_(queen_of_ad_hoc_bento), CC BY 2.0 · Dark chocolate tart: avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0

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After the meal

A cigar with THE POWERSCOURT Fercullen 18 years old

We have worked out this cigar alongside Teeling 15 Years Old Single Grain, another whisky from Ireland.

Cigars
Our choice

Davidoff Aniversario No. 3

Dominican toro of 152 mm, wood and cream without sharp pepper, alongside the wine cask finish.

Why this works together

A toro of 152 mm is long and moderately thick; the smoke therefore stays even for a long time and only becomes fuller at the end. Davidoff works with a light wrapper that gives wood and cream instead of pepper. Grain whiskey is naturally softer and sweeter than malt, and the white wine casks lay a fresh, dry layer over it. A peppery cigar would push that difference away; this one leaves it intact.

Also good with this whisky

  • Davidoff Millennium Blend RobustoRobusto of 127 mm from the same house, shorter and with more body.
  • AVO Syncro Nicaragua RobustoRobusto with Nicaraguan tobacco in the filler, more peppery and sturdier.
  • Macanudo Café Hyde ParkMild robusto with wood and cream, for those who want to keep the whiskey even more to the fore.

We do not sell cigars; we supply the whisky.

Photo: sridgway, CC BY 2.0

Wij verkopen geen alcohol aan personen onder de 18 jaar. NIX18.

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