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Spring Salad
It seemed rather apt making a fresh green salad on what has been the hotest Spring day since... well, the last hotest Spring day. But this is no ordinary Salad, oh no!Forget your iceberg and your cucumber - get out some runner beans, a trimmed and sliced leek, stir fry both with some salad onions (I found some little white things in Waitrose) and some asparagus tips for about five minutes. Arrange these delightfully on a round of puff pasty (or, as the pictures demonstrate, totally smothered so you can not actually see the pastry) and top with a lightly boiled egg or two. Season with a drizzle of olive oil and some black pepper. Top with a little red pesto stirred into mayonnaise.
Spring Salad
As you can see from the photos I was generous with the veg! That faintly disturbing white ballon thing is an egg, in case you were wondering. The recipe is adapted from Waitrose Seasons Magazine May/June 2005. I was so impressed with this - fresh and crisp and packed with flavour. While eggs tend to be a bit tricky when matching with wine the rest of the dish went perfectly with a Sauvignon Blanc - the 'greenness' of the vegetables matching perfectly with the grapes intrinsic flavours. I picked this wine, not because of its hideous label, but because it hails from the Blaye region of Bordeaux, which is an area I seldom consider for my Sauvignon's. The Appellation designation - Côtes de Blaye, incidently, is for white wines only. The region itself lies across the Gironde from the Medoc.
Chateau Charron
Wine Tasting Note: Chateau Charron Acacia, 2003, Côtes de Blaye, France.Available from Oddbins £9.79.
While I was actually after a full Sauvignon Blanc it is Semillon that forms the basis of this Bordeaux white with just 30% being Sauvignon Blanc. This explains the deep colour and the complex aroma. On the palate the Sauvignon comes through strongly with crisp acidity and fresh, grassy flavours. Complex and very classy from the oak influence through to the heavy weight bottle. Just ignore the label. Perfect with the salad.
Scribblings Rating - 90/100
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