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In the drink With Paul Antrobus
BY PAUL ANTROBUS
heers to chocolate
Alcohol and chocolate make wonderful partners… any time of the year.
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hocolate liqueurs are often linked to Christmas but, hey, February has Valentine’s Day when something special is called for. Premium spirits or liqueurs like Cointreau and Amaretto cased in luxurious chocolate and beautifully presented are just as romantic a Valentine’s gift as champagne and roses. Or, as an after dinner treat, they give you the flavour of your favourite drink without the worry about driving home. Because, yes, the most frequently asked
question about liqueur chocolates is can you get drunk on them? The spirits inserted into the chocolate shells is generally full strength (over 35 5 they 6 could1 per cent3abv) so in theory make you tipsy. But you would have 4 to 8 6 1 3 eat so many you would never get there 6 5 7 2 8 before being very, very sick! 2 4 3 5
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combination when, in 1924, the company began making brandy-filled pralines and soon after launched miniature bottles made of the finest bitter-sweet dark chocolate filled with their brandy. A key feature is a fine sugar-crystal crust on the inside of the chocolate which keeps the spirit separated from the chocolate, so that when you bite into the shell you get a direct burst of the neat brandy and the chocolate taste follows a few seconds after. Other makers offering a range of spirits in chocolate followed and socalled chocolate liqueurs became a big mainstay at Christmas. You might not find so many in supermarkets in February, so online looks like the best way to go. Friars, a family-run chocolate company based in the Lake District, offers an 9 8 6 miniature 4 wooden crate 5 of impressive 40 Duke d’O Belgian chocolates with 6 7 five spirits - Remy Martin brandy, Glen Turner 1 8 2 single malt, Cointreau, Amaretto and 5 Pere Magloire Calvados. 7 3Online 1 only (friars.co.uk or Amazon) 9 6 at £24.99, it is a really nice Valentine’s gift 8 or for any4dinner party to brighten up the 2 gloom of February. 8 3 7
Chocolate beers
While spirits may be the first response to a chocolate partnership, there are enough chocolate beer enthusiasts, especially in wintertime, to support a dozen or so UK examples. This is a typical boutique brewery seasonal product line so it is quite a surprise to find Young’s leading the sector with their Double Chocolate Stout. Brewed with real chocolate in the mash, it is 5.2 per cent, which is quite modest for a winter beer. A pack of eight costs £14 from ringwoodbrewery.co.uk. Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s offer Brewdog Layer Cake Marshmallow and Chocolate Stout, seven per cent, £3 for a 440ml can. M&S has Cheshire Chocolate Porter, brewed by the Unicorn Brewery, Stockport, claimed to be based on an 1899 recipe by chocolatier Simon Dunn. 7£2.50 for 500ml at six 4 per cent. At the other end of the 1 8 winter 2 7abv scale is Northern Monk Death Star Stout 9 at 12 per cent, brewed in Leeds, which 3blends bitter 7 chocolate, peanut and caramel8with roasted barley 9 1 and oats to bring out the stout flavour. £5 for a 5 440ml can at Tesco. 6 As a typical seasonal beer there 5
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may not be much of a selection on the supermarket shelves, but the online shops should still be selling. Enjoy stocking up for a Valentine choc fest…
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