Recipe: Sweet Spiced Fig and Fortified Compote

Recipe: Sweet Spiced Fig and Fortified Compote

fig compoteHere is a recipe for a spiced fig compote to use the beautiful fruits we are picking from our four black fig trees that grow?by the creek.

Preparation Time: 15mins

Serves 4

 

Ingredients

450g/1 lb Fresh Figs, halved

1?Orange

100g/4 oz Sugar

150ml/5 fl.oz Water

150ml/5 fl.oz Sweet Sherry or Fortified Semillon (our bulk wine is perfect for this)

1 stick of Cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Pare the rind from the orange and squeeze out all the juice.
  2. Put the orange rind, juice, sugar, water, sherry and cinnamon stick into a saucepan and stir over a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
  3. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Add the figs and simmer for 5 minutes. Discard the orange rind and cinnamon.

Serving suggestion

Serve ?hot with rice pudding, custard or cream and a glass of Liebichwein aged fortified such as Classic Semillon or Muscat

Ron’s Selection Old Vine Shiraz

Ron’s Selection Old Vine Shiraz

2010 Old Vine ShirazFrom time to time Ron has the opportunity to release?small quantities of?wine?from a single vineyard.

This premium Barossa Shiraz is produced from low yielding 45 year old vines. Maturation in old American oak for at least two years delivers a complex, flavoursome wine. All our reds are bottled unfiltered to capture the essence of the variety.

The wine?exhibits intense brooding berries, dark plum and pepper flavours. Excellent fruit length with a richly textured palate in complete harmony with the oak.

An ever popular wine in our cellar door range, it?has been released in vintage 2005, 2006, ?2010, 2011 and 2012.

Whenever these wines appear they quickly sell out, our dedicated mail order customers can’t get enough!

The 2012 vintage will be available from December 2017. Limited stock of 250 dozen.

Retail?$32 per bottle.

Barossa Gourmet Weekend 2015: Just Desserts @ Cellar Door

Barossa Gourmet Weekend 2015: Just Desserts @ Cellar Door

Sunday 16th August 2015

It was exciting to host another sell-out event as part of Barossa Gourmet Weekend. There really are a lot of sweet tooths around!

Over 40 Guests enjoyed an afternoon master class hosted by Ron Liebich and his daughter Briony who took them?behind the scenes of the world of fortified wine. Ron shared his tips for barrel ageing and how different grape varieties develop while Briony led the sensory experience of matching wines to indulgent desserts.

Matching Fortified with Desserts

Briony works as a Sensory Analyst and provided insights into basic taste interactions and why we love sweet flavours. The desserts were prepared by local chef Kate Harbison using as many local ingredients as possible. The most popular pairing was the Semillon and Cr?me Br?l?e.

Here are the wines and desserts served as complementary pairings:

Classic Semillon

Wine:?????????????????????????? Gorgeous burnt toffee, candied nuts and sticky date pudding flavours

Dessert:????????????????????? Honeycomb Cr?me Br?l?e with Blood Orange Marmalade

Classic Frontignac

Wine:?????????????????????????? Irresistible musk perfume and tropical fruits with caramelised flavours

Dessert:????????????????????? Sticky Walnut Tart with Peach Glaze

Classic Muscat

Wine:?????????????????????????? Alluring dried apricots, candied citrus and luscious honey flavours

Dessert:????????????????????? Dark Chocolate & Apricot Roulade

Grand Tawny

Wine:?????????????????????????? Extremely complex spicy fruitcake with a lingering dry, nutty finish.

Dessert:????????????????????? Chocolate Cream Layered Biscotti with Spiced Quince Jelly and Chocolate Glazed Fig

Thanks to everyone who attended and assisted with this true sweet indulgence!

Fortified Wine and Dessert Pairings

Barossa Gourmet Weekend 2015: Just Desserts & Fortified

Liebichwein are excited to be hosting this intimate indulgent treat as part of the 2015 Barossa Gourmet Weekend. Our event will be similar to last year?s sell out?master class.

Just Desserts

Be taken on a journey of flavour with four indulgent pairings of desert and classic fortified wines. Ron Liebich will take you behind the scenes of fortified wine – grape varieties, barrel ageing, food matching and most importantly the sensory experience.

Taste exclusive barrel samples and rare wines aged over 25 year.

Event cost is $30 per person, so why not get a group together and book now.BG14 event 3a SBGW 100 x 200 (2)

Sunday 16 August 3:00 ? 4:30pm

Liebichwein Barrel Shed

Steingarten Road, Rowland Flat

Email your interest to Janet at info@www.bizeezcomms.com/liebichwein or call direct on 85244543

Seats are strictly limited.

 

THE TASTING MENU

Classic Semillon ? Honeycomb Cr?me Br?l?e with Blood Orange Marmalade

Classic Frontignac ? Sticky Walnut Tart with Peach Glaze?????????

Classic Muscat ? Dark Chocolate and Apricot Roulade

Grand Tawny ? Creamy Chocolate Meringue with Spiced Quince Jelly and Chocolate Glazed Fig

 

Barossa Vintage Festival 2015 Wrap Up

Barossa Vintage Festival 2015 Wrap Up

Grape stomping, street parade, scarecrows, chocolate and wine?indulgence were just some of the variety of activities Liebichwein were involved with over?the five days of the Barossa Vintage Festival?held in April 2015.

Cellar Door was run off its feet with people booking in for the Fortified and Chocolate Experience. Visitors enjoyed a journey of flavour?through four varieties of premium fortified wines ranging from two to twenty years old. Wines were matched to four homemade chocolate truffles. A rare treat!

 

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Once again we?entered a float in the?famous Barossa Festival Parade, the?longest street parade in the southern hemisphere.?Our daughter Briony and son-in-law Damian proudly dressed?the winery float?in a ‘Classic Old Barossa’ theme complete with scarecrow (Grandpa “Gus” Braunack) and classic 1960’s beach buggy. See more photos

 

 

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Grape juice was flying as the iconic grape treading event returned for its biennial appearance at the?Festival. Young and old climbed into the bins and eagerly stomped the grapes.?Liebichwein have proudly sponsored this event for 10 years.?Ron is now converting the well-stomped Grenache juice into a smooth young Tawny. See results here

 

 

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