Recipes

Everyday Roux recipes and Bordeaux Wines

ByQin Xie 12/02/201419/03/2016

When the 2013 Everyday Bordeaux collection of wines was launched last year, Bordeaux Wines announced a partnership with two Michelin-starred chef, Michel Roux Jr, to publish eight of his favourite recipes for casual entertaining at home.

Classic and French-inspired, the dishes are designed to match with the everyday wines from Bordeaux, though of course they work just as well without.

The wines, designed for everyday drinking, were not expensive as they were from lesser known estates.

Here are the recipes:

Starter:

Grilled sardines with ham and basil, and tomato relish

Normandy-style roast mackerel

Main:

Duck confit

Cheese and ham pie

Boiled leg of mutton with anchovy and parsley sauce

Dessert:

Hot pears with Roquefort and walnuts

Baked apples with fruit mince

Rice pudding with banana and spice

Qin Xie

Qin Xie is a London based food, wine and travel journalist and trained chef.

When not infiltrating Michelin restaurants as a kitchen tourist, she writes about food, drink and travel. Her work has appeared on Yahoo, FT, The Times and CNN.

Her first cookbook, co-authored with YS Peng at Hunan Restaurant, is out March 2014.

According to friends, her watch is always set to UTC -- ready for the next big adventure. In reality, she is happiest at the dinner table or by the sea.