1, chocolate and coffee are natural best partners.
Just like English afternoon tea, can I drink coffee alone? When sipping coffee, there are all kinds of snacks as companions, so it is a beautiful thing for coffee and dessert to meet in the mouth. The combination of some flavors is mysterious and subtle, and the flavor released after combination is more wonderful than the flavor of each single ingredient, and coffee and chocolate are one of them.
In many restaurants in Belgium, Switzerland and France, a small piece of chocolate is attached to the espresso served at the back of the meal, so that the two can arouse a good taste.
2. the combination of chocolate and wine
Wine itself has romantic meaning, so people naturally combine chocolate with wine. Scientists say that chocolate can enhance and induce happiness; Wine can create an atmosphere, make people relax and reduce depression. It can really help you slow down and indulge your feelings.
Generally speaking, the collocation of food and wine is very simple. The structure of most wines makes them suitable for all kinds of foods. But what about sweets? You have to think about it. You have an idea in your mind that when wine goes with sweets, it should be at least as sweet as the food it goes with. Why? Because if this is not the case, compared with sweets, the original delicious wine will almost always turn sour. So what is the best combination of wine and chocolate?
Chocolate and dry wine:
If you want to match chocolate with dry table wine, such as high-quality Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Zinfandel, you'd better choose dark chocolate with bitter and sweet taste and high cocoa content. Bitter nuts, such as walnuts and hazelnuts, and the taste of strong coffee will help red wine. If you want non-traditional sandwich chocolate, recommend black pepper chocolate; Its bitterness is a very good transition.
Chocolate and liqueur:
Today, their collocation is simpler! Because chocolate is rich in flavor, red liqueur, such as late-maturing fairy powder, port wine and Banjul wine, is a good partner; You don't have to worry about the sour taste of other options, such as Suttern, Sweet Madeira or Tokay. Even sweet musk wine can go with it.
milk chocolate
Because milk chocolate is not as strong as dark chocolate, you can match it with mild wines, such as Riesling, Tokay or Muscat.
Caramel chocolate sandwich
If chocolate is filled with caramel, please remember that caramel is very sweet, but it also brings the opportunity to enjoy sweetness: VinSanto, dark brown port wine and Madeira wine all have excellent caramel flavor, which will be the perfect match for this chocolate.
Nut chocolate
This chocolate is also a good partner for sweet sherry, dark brown wine and nutty Madeira wine.
White chocolate
Today, you don't have to worry about the combination of red wine and chocolate! White chocolate is usually sweet, so you need a glass of sweet wine to go with it. Muscat wine and Suttern wine have the best matching effect.
3. the combination of chocolate and tea
Handmade chocolate has many ever-changing tastes, so light and neutral tea will complement chocolate as good friends, so that your sense of smell and taste will be greatly satisfied. Slightly bitter green tea is suitable to match with sweet milk chocolate. Oolong tea with a light woody smell is best matched with dark chocolate with rich bitter cocoa.