Fine rich fish such as turbot grilled veal chops with mushrooms late summer vegetables such as red peppers corn butternut squash and pumpkin pumpkin ravioli and a rich chardonnay is very good.
Chardonnay food pairing dessert.
Before pairing chardonnay with food check whether the wine has strong oak flavors.
Oak aged chardonnay has very different characteristics to one that has not been stored in oak at all.
An airy yet rich dessert perfumed and flavoured with freshly grated orange zest juice of sweet oranges served hot.
The chardonnay genie is out of the bottle what food goes well with chardonnay depends on whether it is oaked chardonnay and just how oaky the chardonnay is or unoaked chardonnay.
Take for example the classic post dinner port and stilton pairing which when tasted together take a bite of the cheese and then a sip of wine while chewing will create a completely new flavor.
Depending on how it was matured a varietal may boast a lemon zest and a chalky minerality or have hints of coconut pineapple or tropical.
When pairing desserts and dessert wines it s easy to overwhelm the taste buds with sweetness.
Try one of these delicious chardonnay food pairing recipes.
Chardonnay fluffy crescent rolls and decadent crab meat are a surefire crowd pleaser when paired with a buttery creamy textured chardonnay.
Chicken in a white wine butter sauce.
Butternut squash risotto fettuccine alfredo creamy pasta primavera fettuccine with scallops cream sauce gnocchi with brown butter sage sauce.
A full bodied white such as a chardonnay from california will be delightful with the crab.
White fish in a butter sauce.
Instead choose a wine that s a touch lighter and less sweet than the dessert.
Dessert wine pairings will change the way you think about wine they re that good.
Chicken in mustard sauce.
Pork loin with apricot glaze.
Matching dessert and chardonnay orange soufflé.
Try to find one that isn t too oaky just full of the taste of ripe fruit like noble vines tropical.
A chardonnay fruit pairing of a pudding with tropical fruits or a clafouti works very nicely too.