Think you need a candlelit restaurant with an exciting menu and bubbly to put you in the right mood? Stop your endless searches, because the perfect setting is your own home, giving you the ideal opportunity to smorg – grazing on beautiful cheeses and complementary foods. Turn off the ceiling lights, light the candles and open the door to an evening of taste sensations by pairing Castello Creamy Blue with just the right ingredients. With no time spent in the kitchen, smorging means more time to spend with each other.
Tonight dinner is on the coffee table with the two of you lounging on plump cushions. To avoid any mood-killing trips back and forth to the kitchen, arrange all the ingredients on small plates to surround the cheese, and remember to keep the bread wrapped in a napkin for freshness.
Trying each of your pairing ingredients with a morsel of Creamy Blue will be a memorable experience. There is no order, trust your instinct and move from one plate to the next. Discover how figs and truffle honey soften this piquant blue, how bresaola rounds off its flavour, how it balances the peppery radish, how smooth it becomes with smoked salmon and how avocado comfortingly matches its texture.
If you are set on those romantic bubbles, chill that semi-dry champagne or dive deeper into the adventure with a mildly sweet unfiltered Sake to intensify the sweet-smoky-salty quality of the Creamy Blue.
Pairings for a Castello Creamy Blue:
• Sliced figs
• Truffled honey
• Bresaola
• Rocket
• Red radishes
• Smoked salmon
• Watercress salad
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For more information on the full range of Castello cheeses and a collection of mouthwatering smorging recipes and drink pairings, visit castellocheese.co.uk
