Friday, 10 October 2008

A tour of Italy at Hicks Brasserie

Thursday night I conducted a hugely successful wine dinner at Hick's Brasserie at the Cotswold House Hotel.
The event was a complete sell out, we could have sold it nearly twice over!
The concept was quite simple - an aperitif with canapes followed by five courses each matched to a different wine.
The line-up and comments are as below:
Light, fresh and quite delicious with the antipasto
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Herb gnocchi, roasted butternut squash, braised pigs cheek, Parmigiano Reggiano
2007 Soave Classico, Pieropan, Veneto
Stood up to the pigs cheek beautifully, a great marriage!
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Mascarpone & parsley risotto, grilled sea bass, white balsamic jelly
One of the surprises of the night, the lemon and apricot fruit with a hint of richness was a good foil to the risotto and balsamic jelly without overpowering the sea bass
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Char-grilled poussin, orecchiette, aromatic tomatoes, artichokes, smoked aubergine, basil
Beautiful wine at the early stages of it's life, elegant, balanced and complex with delicious layered fruit. A stunner!
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Gorgonzola, apple & walnuts
The sweetness of fruit in this Valpolicella 'Cru' that is made in a 'Ripasso' style worked well with the blue cheese.
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Honey & vanilla poached pear, salted chocolate & caramel mousse, tonka bean ice cream
2007 Moscato d’Asti, GD Vajra, Piemonte
The perfect wine to finish off, light in alcohol semi sweet and with a beautiful fruit/acid balance.
The one question I kept getting asked was, 'when is the next event at Hick's?'.
It will be in the new year so keep a look out on our website here and once the dates are advertised make sure you book early!
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