Spiced Cheese & Coriander Pork Chops with Parma Ham

Posted by Paul Heathcote on November 20, 2007 1:32 AM

PORK is such an under-utilised cut of meat, its versatility lends itself to nearly every style of cooking and it works wonderfully well with spices and oriental flavours. This week’s recipe is a bit of a cross culture using spices with Mediterranean flavours. Personally, I like to slightly flatten the meat first to make it thinner and cook quicker, retaining all those juices.

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Wine with this dish: Spicy Pork Chops

Posted by Paul Heathcote on November 20, 2007 12:35 AM

THIS Argentinean Tapiz Torrontes is a deliciously aromatic white wine. It is full of apricot and peach fruit flavours which will marry harmoniously with the spiced cheese combined with the pork chops and Parma ham. Priced £7.55 from The Purple Wine Company, tel: 0151 239 5025, email  wine@purplewine.co.uk

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Vegetarian treat

Posted by Paul Heathcote on November 12, 2007 11:59 AM

Recipe is a great twist on a classic quiche

HERE is a great vegetar-ian dish - it is a bit of a twist on a quiche without the cream - you may want to substitute the butternut squash for pumpkin as there as plenty around at the moment, and you don’t necessarily have to eat it warm. It goes beautifully well with a salad and some lovely new potatoes.

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Roast Pumpkin with Garlic, Parsley & Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Posted by Paul Heathcote on November 1, 2007 4:11 PM

PUMPKINS seem to get a bit of a hard time. It is a wonderful vegetable that seems to spend its whole life being cut into lanterns when it has so many more uses – pumpkin soup is one of the easiest dishes to make, pumpkin pie sliced with a little onion and baked in pastry is also great and it is an even more versatile vegetable to roast than many.

It is plentiful at the moment and cheap, and will happily accompany all meats as well as fish, and is great served as a vegetarian dish with some creamy risotto.

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Wine with this dish: Roast Pumpkin with Garlic, Parsley & Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Posted by Paul Heathcote on November 1, 2007 3:19 PM

THE unusual pairing of grapes in this Cora de Loxarel Chardonnay-Muscat 2006 works tremendously well, combining the tropical fruits of Chardonnay with the soft and slightly aromatic Muscat.

The resulting wine entwines perfectly with the garlic flavours of the roast pumpkin. Priced £6.95, from The Purple Wine Company, tel: 0151 239 5025 or e-mail: wine@ purplewine.co.uk

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