Food and Wine Matching - Puddings

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Puddings

OVERALL WINNER: Sweet Muscat wines are a sure bet with most puddings.

Black Forest Gateau, Profiteroles, Sachertorte, Chocolate Ice Cream, Death by Chocolate

Chocolate's extreme sweetness and mouth-coating texture smothers many wines and quite often needs a fortified wine to compete, although it does have some affinity with Muscat.

A sweet German wine traditionally accompanies Black Forest Gateau and this would also match the Sachertorte. Profiteroles with lots of cream and chocolate sauce, or Chocolate Ice Cream would match with a Black Muscat.

The really rich, heavy chocolate dishes, like Death by Chocolate, need an extremely sweet Liqueur Muscat or even an old Tawny Port.

Crème Brûlée, Cream Caramel, Vanilla Ice Cream, Custard

A Sauternes or botrytised Semillon would be delicious with both Crème Brûlée and Cream Caramel. Served alone, Vanilla Ice Cream is sublime with PX Sherry or a liqueur Muscat, in fact you could just pour these wines over the Ice Cream as a sauce! Custard made at home properly is lovely with sweet Rieslings and Muscats.

Treacle Tart, Bakewell Pudding, Pecan Pie

For very sweet Treacle Tart and Pecan Pie try a liqueur Muscat or a Tokaji Aszú. Bakewell Pudding is lighter and so look to unfortified-wines like Sauternes.

Apple Pie, Apple Tart, Lemon Tart, Lemon Meringue Pie,
Fruit Tart

Apple Pie or Apple Tart is perfect with Côteaux du Layon or a very sweet German wine, as is a Fruit Tart. Both Lemon Tart and Lemon Meringue Pie work with young Sauternes or Eiswein Rieslings.

Strawberries, Raspberries, Summer Pudding, Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad or Strawberries are frivolous with a light sparkling wine like Moscato d'Asti or if you like lashings of sugar and cream try a German Beerenauslese. Raspberries or Summer Pudding would also work with the Beerenauslese, and maybe even a chilled, youthful Beaujolais Villages.

Tarte Tatin, Caramelised Oranges, Banoffee Pie

Sauternes and Tarte Tatin is a delicious combination, but for the incredibly sweet Banoffee Pie try a Muscat de Beaumes de Venise or a Tokaji Aszu. Caramelised Oranges would go with the same wines, or if you can track down a hard to find Moscato Passito that would be even better.

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