Desserts to Include For a Cheese and Wine Night
Desserts to Include For a Cheese and Wine Night By Pat Lindle It is indeed a wonder how the taste of wine can be different when paired with certain foods. When having wine with a meal most people only consider the wine pairing of the main course. They completely overlook pairing a great wine with their dessert dishes. Wines are great with cheeses and dessert dishes and can give the meal a new direction. When serving wine with cheese, present your guests with a beautiful array of cheeses. French cheeses that range from the very mild to the extremely pungent can be paired with most wines. Start with the mildest cheese and graduate to the stronger varieties. The Camembert is a great beginning and goes extremely well with Champagne. Brie is an excellent creamy and mellow cheese that goes great with a young red wine. If you are serving a Beaujolais try the Morbier and the Bucheron, an aged and pungent goat cheese, paired with Pouilly Fume or the robust Bordeaux. For dessert pairings it will...