I’m a bit of a quirky eater. I like to play with my food – call me an earthy food scientist, if you may!
These are just ideas I want to share (involving Italian wine). Some might work and some might not. Who cares?! Let’s be big kids and take our tongues through a culinary playground.
Ok, so here are the ideas:
1) Do you like jelly? Well, while preparing it, why not add some sliced-up strawberries, add a bit of black pepper, pour in a bit of Italian wine for an extra kick and leave it in the fridge to set.
2) Sweet Wine and Coffee porridge: Yes, the everyday oat porridge you get in supermarkets! I’ve tried making sweet coffee porridge before and I found it to be a deliciously low-fat way of enjoying dessert. It tastes like rice pudding but, well, without the rice! So I see no reason why it can’t be jazzed up with some sweet Italian dessert wine (like Marsala wine, for instance). Add the wine last so it doesn’t burn off. While you’re making the porridge, you could also squash some really ripe bananas into it. I suspect that with the alcohol added, it might taste better cold (with some single or double cream poured over it and a bit of cinnamon or nutmeg sprinkled over. Mmmm.)
3) Soak some bread in some strong fragrant Italian wine and vanilla pods overnight. Take the bread out carefully and leave to dry. Add a bit of almond oil and toast it. Use as toppings for vanilla or strawberry ice creams or yogurts.
I plan to try these ideas out over the next couple of weeks and post feedback about how it went. I’m not too worried about it falling flat on its face. Maybe the Italian wine I choose to use might not be forgiving, but I’m looking forward to experimenting.
You can join me if you like! Tweak the recipe as you see fit and comment on how it turned out for you.
Ciao!
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