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Roasted Pears with Sweet Wine, Honey and Pine Nuts
Roasting pears in wine transforms them from everyday fruit into a light but luxurious dinner party dessert. Their gentle flavour makes a perfect foil for a fine dessert wine. The trick is to use an inexpensive wine for cooking and a better wine of the same type to serve with it.
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Coq au Vin
This classic French recipe is a terrific dish for a dinner party. The French would always use a local wine to make it—I’d suggest a good Côtes du Rhône-Villages, a Gigondas or Lirac.
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Mushroom, Mustard and Madeira Soup
A rich, intensely delicious soup that makes a good first course for a dinner party.
