Fifth Quarter Triumph!
Last night was my first Ararat Wine & Food dinner as foodmaster. The occasion of the much anticipated pig’s trotters filled with pork, shallot and mushroom and served on lentils with a red cabbage and apple salad. Delicious.
The scallops on black pudding with green pea mash went down a treat as well. The appetisers of lamb sweetbreads and duck liver parfait set the scene for the dinner with some members clearly very apprehensive and others getting stuck in straight away. We finished with the appropriately named “pig’s bum” rhubarb steamed pudding with rhubarb ice-cream and jelly.
The wines were all trophy winners at the recent Federation Square wine challenge. One of our members, Tom Guthrie, is the wine maker of the overall trophy winner – Grampians Estate Black Sunday Friends Shiraz and we were lucky enough to get to drink some of that.
The dinner was held at “The Vines Cafe & Bar” in Ararat where Sandy O’Malley is the chef.
I meant to take some photos of the food but got so caught up in the evening I forgot. Next month will have a modern Spanish theme so if you’ll be in Ararat on Thursday 11 September and want to come as my guest let me know.
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