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Food And Wine Recipes: Great Idea Starter For Your Great Taste Challenge Entry!

SantaMargherita — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:33:15 +0000

Naturally there are many food and wine recipes out there. As real lovers of pairing, we at Santa Margherita just happen to love the ones that stick! We simply adore food and wine pairings that create an artful balance between the perfect foods and just the right Santa Margherita Wines.

So as you prepare your kitchen and your corkscrew for your entry into The Great Taste Challenge with your best food and wine recipes, here’s one to get the mouth watering!!!

EGG FRITTATA WITH ENGLISH PEAS,

MINT AND PECORINO

PAIRS WITH SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO

EGG FRITTATA WITH ENGLISH PEAS,

MINT AND PECORINO

PAIRS WITH SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO

MINT AND PECORINO
PAIRS WITH SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO">

12 large eggs
1 cup shelled and blanched english peas
¼ cup chﬀanade fresh mint
1 cup grated pecorino cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
1 oz. extra virgin olive oil
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a medium mixing bowl, crack and lightly beat eggs . Bring two quarts of water to a boil and lightly salt. Shell peas and blanch in boiling salted water until tender; refresh peas in ice water and set aside. Pick mint leaves and stack on top of each other. Use a sharp chef’s knife to cut the stacks of mint into thin strips and set aside. Using a microplane, grate pecorino and set aside. Place a 12-inch non-stick sauté pan over medium heat, add olive oil. Add peas to pan and lightly sauté, (about 30 seconds). Add beaten eggs to peas and let eggs start to set. When eggs are a quarter of the way set, stir in the mint and cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper. When eggs are set halfway, place pan with eggs into oven until fully set. Using a towel, remove the pan from oven and slide eggs out of pan onto a cutting board. Top frittata with additionalchiffanade mint and pecorino, cut into 8 equal pieces, and serve.
Wine Notes: The bright aromatics of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio are emphasized by the fresh mint and the saltiness of the pecorino cheese.

Now, when you are ready with your best food and wine pairing and you are convinced that it is your time to shine, head over to The Great Taste Challenge.

All the best!

Food And Wine Recipes…Who’s Famished?!?

SantaMargherita — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:22:04 +0000

While the world speeds out of control with technology at light speed, there has been a real resurgence in what is real in our lives. That goes further and further until we find those very honest things that we love no matter what the time or the place…and great food and wine recipes are that and so much more.

Doesn’t matter a lick if you’re reading this on your new iPad in your hybrid while Tweeting to your masses. What matters day in and day out to so many of us is that very rare combination of great food and the perfect wine, enjoyed with family and friends, that create a meal that is deserving of a memory.

The food and wine recipes that are inside of your head, maybe even the ones that have been passed down to you, the recipes for food and wine that you KNOW set a meal apart, now want to see the light of publicity.

In fact, that’s exactly why we created The Great Taste Challenge…so that you could submit your best food and wine recipe on video for the chance to win some rather delicious prizes.

In its second year, the Santa Margherita Great Taste Challenge really is a celebration of
how foods and wines are paired in the kitchens of America…and trust us, we want to see what you’ve got.

Judging this year is famed chef Fabio Viviani, the co-owner and Executive Chef of Café Firenze Italian Restaurant and Martini Bar in Ventura County, California. Needless to point out his careful attention to wine and food detail, chef Fabio cannot wait to sink his teeth into your entries…as he knows (like we do) that more and more people have become far more savvy with how they pair foods and wine to get the perfect tastes and meals.

A word about the contest. Keep it simple. You don?t have to prepare your dish during the video. Just show the finished entrée, which wine you paired it with and tell us a little about why you brought them together. Tell us anything. We want to hear your inspiration.

Ok, The Great Taste Challenge is on.

The call for amazing food and wine recipes is on.

You only need a simple video camera and the will to win.

Santa Margherita wants to know what food and wine recipes YOU think will win!