Food & Wine Tasting

Last night we had our food and wine tasting at our venue, Norton House. We had given our coordinator our choices last week so we knew what we were going to try before we arrived. We tried 2 options for each course along with 2 white wines, 2 red wines and 1 rose wine. Here is what we tasted:

Starters

• Galia Melon, Lemon & Basil Sorbet, Pink Peppercorn & Cointreau Syrup
• Roasted Fig with Parma Ham, Parmesan Shavings & Pesto

L-R: Galia Melon & Sorbet; Fig & Parma Ham

Main Course

• Pan-Fried Fillet of Scottish Beef with Banana Shallots, Horseradish Potato Cake, Thyme Jus
• Breast of Chicken Stuffed with a Smoked Applewood Cheese Mousse wrapped in Paper Pastry with an Arran Mustard & Tarragon Sauce

L-R: Fillet of Scottish Beef; Chicken wrapped in Paper Pastry

Desserts

• Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce & Vanilla Ice Cream
• White Chocolate Mousse, Roast Satsumas & Star Anise Syrup

L-R: Sticky Toffee Pudding; White Chocolate Mousse

White Wines: Palena Sauvignon Blanc & Saam Mountain Chenin Blanc

Red Wines: Saam Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon & Palena Merlot

Rose Wine: Valdevieso Rosé

All of the food was lovely and we easily could have had any of them. However, we do have to choose and we think our choice is going to be:

• Galia Melon, Lemon & Basil Sorbet, Pink Peppercorn & Cointreau Syrup
• Pan-Fried Fillet of Scottish Beef with Banana Shallots, Horseradish Potato Cake, Thyme Jus
• Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce & Vanilla Ice Cream

The syrup with the melon was gorgeous and really unusual and the beef fillet was so soft and tender and not too pink, which should suit everyone. I really could have had either dessert but the mousse would probably be a bit sweet for some.

For the wine we think there are going with the Palena Sauvignon Blanc & Palena Merlot but we are still debating this and may need some help from the red wine drinkers.

Looking forward to having them on the actual day!