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The Perfect Tawny Port Pairing

ALMENDRADO RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 egg whites
  • 250g ground almonds
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Rice paper
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • Whole almonds (for garnish)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
  2. Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites, and beat until stiff peaks form.
  3. Gradually add flour, sugar, and cinnamon to the mixture until smooth.
  4. Gently fold in the ground almonds with a spatula until well combined.
  5. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and lay rice paper on top.
  6. Use a dessert spoon to scoop balls of dough onto the tray, spacing them to allow for rising.
  7. Place one whole almond on each cookie, pressing down lightly.
  8. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
  9. Allow the cookies to cool, then trim the rice paper edges as needed.

Serve these with a glass of our Tawny Port, and enjoy each delicious layer as they unfold in harmony with the wine.

The Circle of Life

We were part of a silent revolution and a come back to the roots – in fact the Douro wine production was for centuries centred in the production of reds – Port was an accident of Nature and one of the first marketing products in the wine world. The market was asking for this naturally sweet wine…

And now I´m are back to my beginning  after selling Quinta Vale D. Maria in 2017 –  Van Zellers & Co is mainly a Port wine company focused in the production of high quality Ports. We also have high quality Douro Doc reds and whites,  Cv-Curriculum Vitae and VZ-Van Zellers & Co, but my main passion are the Tawnies or as we now call them the Crafted by Time Ports.

And it really is about time, something scarce that seems immense when one starts roaming the circle of life.
 

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