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Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Thu May 04, 2006 9:24 pmby David M. Bueker
So we're at my folks' house, and we had some leftovers of 2004 Donnhoff Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Spatlese (hard to believe, huh?), and we had our ginger lime grilled chicken. You would not believe how the chicken (and especially the reduced marinade) amplified the wine to heights unknown in civilized society. Delicious. This was a double plus wine and food match.
Try it, you'll like it.
Re: Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Sat May 06, 2006 2:36 pmby Jenise
Sounds great, David. Lime is an amazing ingredient, one that's used too rarely beyond the salad course.
I'm suddenly reminded of a dish Craig of Montreal posted on the original FLDG called Chicken Yasser. It's an African stew in which halves of whole lime, peel and all, are stewed with red chiles and chicken. The flavor of the peel converts to a coconut flavor with long cooking. I made it when I was staying in Holland, and it was one of the best riesling matches of all time.
Re: Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Mon May 08, 2006 4:09 pmby Saina
Jenise wrote:Lime is an amazing ingredient, one that's used too rarely beyond the salad course.
???
i.e. Are you serious? I thought limes were used quite a bit more. Or maybe that's just this side of the pond.
Re: Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Mon May 08, 2006 4:44 pmby Jenise
Not joking. In western cooking, lemons are far more common. Limes tend to be destined for the bar: gimlets, gin & tonic, margaritas.
Re: Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Mon May 08, 2006 8:33 pmby David M. Bueker
I prefer lime to lemon in cooking.
Re: Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Mon May 29, 2006 4:16 pmby Richard Atkinson
Along those lines also...try cumin, lime, EVOO , salt , pepper & chopped garlic for your next grilled or baked chicken.
The same mix aboe can be added to cooked, rinsed white or pinto beans w/ chopped red onion for a great side dish to.
For the most part, I prefer limes over lemons for cooking.
Richard
Re: Match made in heaven - ginger lime chicken & Donnhoff
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Wed May 31, 2006 1:47 amby Sue Courtney
Jenise wrote: ....... The flavor of the peel converts to a coconut flavor with long cooking. I made it when I was staying in Holland, and it was one of the best riesling matches of all time.
Jenise, Amazing. I find that coconut character sometimes in older dry Australian rieslings, which are very limey when young. I remember a Riesling seminar I did in 1999 with Geoffrey Grosset, who makes some of Australia's most heralded Rieslings, and when I said I could taste coconut in this older Riesling, he said there was a correlation between lime and coconut.
I see in my tasting notes database I have also picked up a lime/coconut character in an older dry NZ riesling as well.
I would love to know what is going on to convert lime to coconut with age.
Cheers,
Sue