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ZOETE RODE WIJN en NEUHAUS PRALINES Een test op onze wijncursus |
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SWEET RED WINES WITH CHOCOLATE from NEUHAUS a test at our wine course |
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Chocolade en wijn? En zeker pralines? Gaat gemaakt van cacao dat wordt gewonnen uit cacaobonen, de pit van de vrucht van de cacaoboom (Theobroma cacao).
Eerste gebruikers: Maya-Indianen ca 400 v.C. als opwekkende drank genaamd “xocoatl”
Naar Europa gebracht door Cortes in 1528
Er zijn drie hoofdtypes:
Pure (bittere) chocola
Melkchocola
Witte chocola (direct uit cacaoboter)
Dus: “witte” is, in tegenstelling tot wat vaak wordt beweerd, wel degelijk chocola! In België was apotheker Jean Neuhaus de pionier: hij "verzachte" in 1857 bittere pillen met een laagje chocolade. Zijn kleinzoon kwam dan in 1912 met de eerste pralines en in 1917 de "pralinendoos". Nu is Neuhaus één van de tophuizen, met ca 1500 verkooppunten in 50 landen. Op de cursus hadden wij drie pralines (zie afbeeldingen bovenaan): speculoos-praliné, de Fabiola Ganache met room en de intense Ganache amère. We proefden elke praline bij elke wijn - in die volgorde. Hieronder de proefresultaten, en bovenaan de uitslagen van de "wijn+praline"-test.
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Chocolate and wine, and then red wine: can you combine that? We held a test of three Neuhaus pralines with two red sweet wines: * Banyuls Valcros Hors d'Age (Languedoc) * Maury les 3 Mats (Languedoc) First question: where does chocolate come from? Simple answer: from cocoa beans. Yes, but the process is an 11-step one, and lasts long! The first people to consume chocolate were the Maya Indians about 400 BC. They used it as a sweet drug, and called it “xocoatl” It was brought to Europe by the much feared "conquestador" Cortes in 1528. We distinguish three types: * Pure (bitter) chocolate * Milk chocolate (adding cream or full milk) * White chocolate (made from cocoa butter) Hence, "white chocolate" is also chocolate, although one often hears the contrary. In Belgium, the chocolate pioneer was not a patissier, but a pharmacist: Jean Neuhaus. Confronted with the complaint of patients that "pills are so bitter or have a bad taste", he sweetened the pills by covering them with a thin layer of chocolate! His grandson then started a "praline" business in Brussels: a new type of industry was created. Neuhaus is one of the top praline producers and sellers, with over 1500 shops in ca 50 countries. We tasted three pralines (see pictures): the praliné type with brown cookie crumble, the creamy Fabiola with bitter chocolate around, and the zesty "Bitter ganache", the strongest of the three. We first tasted the pralines, commented on the flavours, and then combined this with each of the two wines. Read the tasting results below.
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