Desserts & Baking
Gorgonzola, pear and fennel salad with fig, star anise and muscadel coulis
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Wine/Spirit Pairing
Boplaas Red Muscadel 1975
Ingredients
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- 2 pods star anise
- 1 cup muscadel
- 8 fresh figs, peeled
- 3 bulbs fennel, washed and thinly sliced
- 4 ripe pears, halved and thinly sliced
- 500 g Gorgonzola (allow each person to cut their own cheese from the bigger piece)
Method
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In a small, deep saucepan, simmer the star anise in the muscadel for 10 minutes, then add the figs.
Heat through for 5 minutes.
Remove the star anise and process the figs in a blender to make a thick coulis.
Add a little more muscadel if necessary.
Serve drizzled over sliced fennel and pear.
Add as much Gorgonzola as you like.
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