Perfectly Paired: Pasta, Sauce, Wine & Cheese
Crafting a complicated dish that takes a long time and a lot of effort can be a fun, occasional weekend project, but most nights, even those of us who really love to cook—including professional chefs—typically gravitate towards simple foods that, when prepared well and served correctly, are more than the sum of their parts.
"These are dishes that let their individual ingredients shine. One of our favorites: a perfect pasta-wine pairing."
But when it comes to matching pastas with the right sauce, cheese, and wine, getting all the ingredients to work together in harmony may be more complicated than you might think. There are questions to consider: What wine will underscore the earthy flavor of a porcini mushroom ravioli? Which style of pasta can best hold up to a sauce as intense as puttanesca? And which type of cheese ties these flavors together?
To answer these questions, we asked our in-house team for help: our expert cheesemonger, our experienced wine sellers, and of course, our pasta expert, Chef Enrico. For the past 18 years, Enrico, who hails from a small town just south of Milan, has been our go-to pasta chef, creating pastas—and their fillings—by hand. Every morning, he makes fresh batches of pasta from scratch; long strips of linguine, tight curls of fusilli, and of course, our best-seller: cheese-filled ravioli. No one knows pasta like he does.
Why not utilize their expertise to put together your own perfect pasta-wine pairing, so you can elevate your pasta dinners from tasty to absolutely transcendent:
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