Posts Tagged ‘wine pairing’

Coconut Shrimp Recipe

with Apricot Pineapple Dipping Sauce – Spinach Salad – Rice Pilaf with Pine Nuts

Pair with Covey Run Pinot Grigio 2006 (review)

Coconut Shrimp Ingredients

1 – 25 to 30 count bag of frozen peed and deveined Jumbo Shrimp thawed
2 cups – Panko Japanese Bread Crumbs
¼ cup – Pineapple/Apricot Horseradish Sauce
½ cup – Pineapple Preserves
1 cup – Shredded Sweet Coconut
¼ cup – Flour
¼ cup – Canola Oil
¼ teaspoon – Allspice
¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
2 – Large Eggs

Rice Pilaf Ingredients

1 bag Uncle Ben’s 90sec microwaveable Rice Pilaf
2 tablespoons – Pine Nuts

Deluxe Spinach Salad Ingredients

10oz Bag Washed & Rinsed Baby Spinach
3 – Boiled Eggs
2 – Plum Tomatoes
3 – tablespoons real crumbled/shredded bacon bits (on salad dressing aisle).
½ cup – Kraft Caesar Vinaigrette with Parmesan dressing & marinade
1 cup – Herb Seasoned Salad Croutons

Prepare Salad

Thinly slice 2 tomatoes
Coarsely chop 2 boiled eggs
(set above aside)
Finely chop one boiled egg
Put finely chopped egg into bottom of salad bowl
Add spinach (pinch off stems if you want)
When Ready to Serve… add dressing and toss. Add bacon crumbles layered over top followed by coarse chopped eggs and sliced tomatoes. Top with salad croutons.
Serve

Prepare Coconut Shrimp

Add two large eggs to bowl and whisk
Add Panko Bread Crumbs, Coconut, Allspice & Kosher Salt to shallow bowl & mix well
Add Flour to medium bowl.
Coat shrimp one or two at a time in flour – dip in egg – dredge in bread crumb mixture coating evenly and put in shallow bowl.
Warm skillet or deep frying pan for 2 minutes. Add ¼ cup Canola oil.
Set to medium or medium high heat and add shrimp.
Cook 4 minutes per side until golden brown & done.
Place shrimp on plate covered with a layer of paper towels.

Prepare Rice Pilaf

Follow direction on package to make Uncle Bens rice pilaf. Put in serving bowl add pine nuts, mix well.

Horseradish Sauce

Add ¼ cup horseradish sauce to microwaveable bowl.
Add ½ cup pineapple preserves mix well.
When ready to serve place in microwave & heat 11/2 to 2 minutes. Stir well and serve over shrimp or on the side as a dipping sauce.

Finished Dish

Enjoy,

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New Zealand’s Monkey Bay Marlborough Region Sauvignon Blanc 2007 – Paired with Coconut Shrimp – Rice Pilaf and Thai Salad

Can’t wait to cook this in my new tricked out electric wok skillet thingy.

I will be making Coconut Shrimp breaded in Panko (Japanese bread crumbs) with a Horseradish/Apricot/Pineapple dipping sauce I like better than Outbacks

Toasted Pecan Rice Pilaf & Thai Mango Salad on the side.

The top rated New Zealand’s Monkey Bay Marlborough Region Sauvignon Blanc 2007 will pair with this (under$10 available locally). Review to follow.

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Wine and Food Pairing Basics

We have a very nice primer on Food and Wine Pairing just posted on our main site.

You can buy a book that will list the classics like Chardonnay with Lobster, Pinot Noir with Salmon or Cabernet Sauvignon with a Porterhouse Steak.

But… this article talks about the basics of balance, dry & sweet. You get enough info to start experimenting with your own pairings.

Click the pic to go to the article or click here Food & Wine Pairing Guide

Enjoy!

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Ahhhh Old Vine Zinfandel’s. We really like these.

We have already reviewed our poll winner Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel and we loved it. The review will be posted soon.

This Old Vine Zinfandel was so good we decided to do a shoot out between three popular “Frugal” Old Vine Zins all paired with a favorite BBQ Rib recipe.

The Old Vine Zin Shootout…

Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel vs Bogle Old Vine vs 7 Deadly Zins Old Vine.

We have had BBQ Ribs two nights in a row now, but we love ribs as you can see in the pictures below.

If we can get the technical (legal gobble dee gook) in order we will run a contest to win an Apple ipod for who can guess the winner, second place and third place.

Look for more info soon

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