Happy Birthday!

[Catseye3]

Wow, those names . . . so, so, so exotic! So alluring! So elegant and inviting!

PioCesare! Cavallotto!

That is glam, baby!

[Mik]

I wish, bach. There isn't really anything in wine better than a great Barolo.

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in Happy Birthday!:

There isn't really anything in wine better than a great Barolo.

Remember the other day when I suggested you dunk your cherries in the wine? I was trying to recall a recipe I had once -- I can't, but it had to do with cherries in Barolo.

Srsly.

[Catseye3]

Okay, this was driving me crazy, so I dug out my ancient dessert recipe file (stuff collected before the Internet! Like, clippings!) and searched for this cherries in Barolo recipe.

Found many nice things. Hazelnut & Chocolate Pithiviers. Fresh Fruit Saute w/Rich Cream Biscuits. Balsamic Strawberry & Raspberry Shortcakes. Rocky Road Ice Cream. Oh yeah -- suffer, ye bourgeoisie.

Found it! Here it is:

Ciliege Al Barolo (Cherries in Barolo Wine)

2 lbs large pitted sour cherries
1-1/2 cups sugar
2-1/2 cups Barolo
1-1/2 cups whipping cream, whipped

Combine cherries, sugar and wine in a small pan, ideally earthenware. Slowly bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until cherries are soft, about 30". Cool. Pour into glass bowl and cover with whipped cream Serve with glasses of Barolo.

Okay, it was a little more complex than I remembered, but now you know I wasn't making it up.

[Catseye3]

P.S. Happy Birthday, Bach!

[Larry]

Happy birthday!

[Mik]

@Catseye3 said in Happy Birthday!:

@Mik said in Happy Birthday!:

There isn't really anything in wine better than a great Barolo.

Remember the other day when I suggested you dunk your cherries in the wine? I was trying to recall a recipe I had once -- I can't, but it had to do with cherries in Barolo.

Srsly.

Anyone who soaks cherries in a good Barolo deserves neither. Blasphemy. Expensive blasphemy.

[Horace]

Yeah but if professional wine tasters tried a glass of Barolo that cherries had been secretly dipped in, they would love the subtle notes of fresh cherry.

[Doctor Phibes]

Happy birthday, Mr. B!

[Friday]

Have a great birthday Bach!

[Mik]

@Horace said in Happy Birthday!:

Yeah but if professional wine tasters tried a glass of Barolo that cherries had been secretly dipped in, they would love the subtle notes of fresh cherry.

[Aqua Letifer]

HBD, man!

You should go for a bike ride.

[brenda]

Happy birthday, bach! You don't look any older to me!

[kluurs]

Enjoy your Day! Hope it is a great one.

[Rainman]

Happy Birthday!

[jon-nyc]

Happy birthday, man!

[taiwan_girl]

Happy Birthday!!!!!!

[bachophile]

@Mik said in Happy Birthday!:

I wish, bach. There isn't really anything in wine better than a great Barolo.

Btw I’ve been to the town of Barolo.

Small little country town in gorgeous piedmont countryside. Wasn’t particularly crowded. You sit at a little osteria on a patio and pick which Barolo by the glass u want, not expensive at all.

All around are grape vines and hazel nut trees. ( the area is also where Nutella was born, chocolate and hazel nut spread)

What a lovely place.

[Mik]

Heaven.

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said in Happy Birthday!:

Heaven.

Wine and Nutella?