ADVERTISING FEATURE FESTIVE Q&A’S
I fancy giving food items for presents at Christmas. Any suggestions?
MATTHEW KORECKI Beef, wild mushrooms and sauerkraut stew.
VIKTOR HUSZTI
A good homemade piccalilli is always a winner. Or go pro with homemade chocolate trufl es, you can coat them with different nuts, l avour them with alcohol such as Baileys or even add
some herbs. PAUL KITCHING
Food is the best gift you can possibly give. Make sure you present it well and anything from a selection of chutneys, to cheeses, to something sweet will go down a treat. Last Christmas I gave a good friend a spider crab and they
absolutely loved it. My advice would be to go for something different, something they wouldn’t have tried before and then
that way it will be more of an experience.
SAM MATTOCKS
We have lots of family who live in Kentucky so always seem to have an excess of Bourbon in our house. This year I plan to make smoked caramel apple Bourbon liqueur by infusing the bourbon with homemade caramel, lapsang souchong tea and
apples from the apple tree in our garden.
MORTEN RENGTVED
Baked Alaska with Christmas pudding ice-cream or cold vanilla rice pudding with cherries and almonds.
PHILIP CONTINI
Ben Ryé Sicilian dessert wine. Probably in the top-i ve dessert wines of all time! At more than £30 for a half bottle it ain’t cheap but because you only need to sip and savour the
delicious l avours it goes a long way.
PAUL WEDGWOOD
Christmas chocolate brownies deconstructed. Give all the ingredients layered out in a kilner jar, with a little instruction
booklet with step-by- step guide!
FREDERICK BERKMILLER
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