PREPARING DESSERTS WITH WINE
It’s not only dry wines that are great for food preparation; sweet varieties are an easy way to add some sophistication to your desserts. Icewines and late-harvest wines made from white grapes are great for dishes that incorporate eggs, such as custards and cheesecakes, while those from red grapes are perfect for berry desserts. Fortified wines such as port and banyuls are suited to coffee and chocolate delicacies. Create the easiest dessert of all by simply dousing fresh peach or apricot slices with some sweet bubbly, like a Moscato d’Asti.
Outset Sparkling Wine VQA LCBO 14791, 250 mL, $4.80
The smaller format makes this wine perfect for preparing desserts, as you don’t need to open an entire bottle. Use it to macerate seasonal fruits, and then incorporate it into a sabayon to pour overtop.
Pillitteri Late Harvest
Vidal VQA
VINTAGES 488668, 375 mL, $15.80 Add an ounce of this lush, tropical Niagara specialty to the pineapple in pineapple upside-down cake before cooking, and enjoy as a pairing alongside.
Kittling Ridge Kingsgate
Reserve Apera
LCBO 90860, $9.55
This fortified wine offers up delicious dried fruit and nut aromas that can be incorporated into a classic bread pudding recipe by adding a splash to the egg mixture that soaks the bread—or simply pour it over vanilla ice cream.