A Wonderful Wine-Soaked Weekend Alongside Nutrient In Addition To Friends At Frick

This weekend's nutrient in addition to vino pairing at the Frick Winery was a smashing success! We served a tape 1,200 guests, in addition to had a lot of fun doing it. I'm yet catching upwards on a massive e-mail backup in addition to bring unopen to deadlines at About.com to meet, exactly I promise to create unopen to video recipes of the items soon. For forthwith y'all bring to settle for a quick photograph (click to enlarge) and description. By the way, special cheers to Bill, Dallas in addition to the entire Frick family, likewise every bit our incredible kitchen crew; Al, Peggy (this year's MVP), Julie, Merv, in addition to my beautiful in addition to talented married adult woman Michele!

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The get-go exceptional was wild Ahi tuna seared in addition to served rare on a wasabi rice chip. It was topped alongside a pinkish ginger dressing in addition to a pinch of seaweed salad. It was likely the almost pop seize alongside teeth nosotros served. It was paired alongside Bill Frick's white wines; a Grenache Blanc, in addition to Viognier.

The minute exceptional was ripe Cambazola cheese served on fig bread, alongside sweetness organic strawberries on the side. This is called the "Cinsaut Classic" since we've served it alongside the Frick Cinsaut wines for the terminal 12 years! It's a perfect pairing, in addition to piece nosotros alter the nutrient pairings every year, this seize alongside teeth remains a sweet, salty, in addition to savory constant.

The adjacent seize alongside teeth was a pistachio mortadella on olive breadstuff alongside shaved grapes. This was paired alongside the Carignane. This sentiment was borrowed from Chef Tom Colicchio (head approximate of Top Chef). He has a sandwich eating seat inwards San Francisco called "Wichcraft" in addition to these ingredients made upwards a sandwich Michele enjoyed terminal year. The flavors worked in addition to thus good together, nosotros sentiment it would brand a prissy canapé.

Next came a mini-meatball sandwich. Olive crude in addition to spicy Lycopersicon esculentum sauce were spread on unopen to herbed focaccia, which was topped alongside a piece of meatball, Parmesan, in addition to fresh mozzarella. H5N1 petty garlic crude in addition to Italian parsley finished this delicious bite. It was paired alongside a Merlot, in addition to Frick's novel Red/Red, which is a Cabernet/Syrah blend.

And last, exactly inwards no agency least, was a wild boar sausage skewered alongside a dark mission fig in addition to watercress leaf. It was served on unopen to crushed hazelnuts, in addition to paired alongside Frick's magnificent Syrah. The sweetness dried figs were speedily poached inwards the Syrah, sugar, in addition to dark pepper. This was likely my favorite bite, in addition to a swell combination of flavors in addition to textures.

I volition hopefully live caught upwards soon, in addition to dorsum alongside novel videos in addition to other assorted foodie fun. I promise y'all relish the photos in addition to descriptions, in addition to possibly fifty-fifty order some vino from the Frick winery. Cheers!