Simply Cook Food Pairings With Sparkling Wine

Cooking can be a great form of art, it can be a way to display passion or release stress, it’s a joy to those with a creative mind, those who are willing to experiment and try.

If you’re wishing to go beyond the everyday meals of pizza, burgers and fish fingers, the simple (delicious) foods of this world, then SimplyCook is a place to explore, the idea behind SimplyCook is to gift you new flavours to enjoy with your meals every week for an affordable price, none of their recipes take longer than 30 minutes to cook, meaning that to achieve great flavour, you don’t have to spend hours crafting it, there are currently over 140 recipes to choose from, you simply pick 4 different recipes to add to your box and place your order, with your first box costing just £3 with free postage.

Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire – Rosé de Saignée – Tasting Notes

Aroma – “Strawberries displayed like jams and tarts, sweetented with jammy textures, under that layer of glorious strawberry lies freshly baked pastries, French brioche and toast.”

Flavour – “Soft strawberries, raspberries and cherries, both freshly picked and in jammy form, with notes of well toasted bread, croissants and brioche to envelop the experience.”

Silver Medal in the Winter Warmer Category at the Glass of Bubbly Awards 2022

Pad Thai Pairing Notes – “The Rosé drops a party wave of red berries, from strawberries to cherry and even some raspberries, these flavours soak into the noodles, drawing out a hidden spiciness from the sauces by SimplyCook, these wonderfully kind Champagne flavours work with the dish, complementing each other throughout.”

Familia Torres – Cuvée Esplendor de Vardon Kennett

Aroma – “A hint of the salty sea air, walking in the sand with a glass of bubbly in hand, notes of seafood, oysters, clams, including notes of yeasty and pastry,”

Flavour – “White floral with peaches, apricots, and freshly baked almond croissants on the aroma.”

Gold Classic & Elegant at the Glass of Bubbly Awards 2022

Paella Pairing – “A wonderful buzz from the Spanish Sparkling Wine, drawing out the seafood characters, enhancing the fishy notes, with notes of apricots, peach and at the close a hint of pastry.”

Bortolomiol – Lus Naturae Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Organic Brut

Aroma – “Golden fruits, rich apricot, peaches and yellow apples, including notes of natural sweetness from fruits, you don’t get the feeling of artificial on the aroma, notes of light glazed fruit pastry, crisp green fruits, green pears, and white pears on the aroma.”

Flavour – “The palate is much of the glorious same, with marvellous ripe fruits, even better in the palate than on the aroma, with golden fruits, yellow fruits, apricot, peaches, glazed fruit pastry, a wonderful display from an organic wine, pure in the palate.”

Silver Pastires Delight at the Glass of Bubbly Awards 2022

Balinese Chicken Curry – “The Prosecco brings out a the spicy characters within the dish, very rich and savoury, the Prosecco cleanses the palate and it leaves a sweet rounded citrus/apricot flavour, it feels like a calming pairing.”