{"id":1938,"date":"2020-12-15T07:10:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2020-12-15T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T10:21:14","slug":"taste-summer-with-spier-signature-chardonnay-pinot-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/taste-summer-with-spier-signature-chardonnay-pinot-noir\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste summer with Spier Signature Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir Granita"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Spier Signature Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir was simply made for summertime sipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unpretentious, beautifully balanced and full of flair, it marries strawberry and apple flavours with a crisp finish. While delightful at brunch, on a picnic, or alone with a good book, the Spier winemaking team also recommends combining it with fresh strawberries and thyme to create granita: a luscious, delicately flavoured frozen dessert. The perfect show-stopping conclusion to a lavish dinner, this granita is also brilliant as a palate cleanser served during a multi-course feast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hardest part is simply remembering to make the granita a day ahead, as it needs to spend at least overnight in the freezer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RECIPE: Spier Signature Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir Granita:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(serves 6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>250 ml (1 cup) Spier Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir<\/li><li>1\/2 cup regular white sugar<\/li><li>4 sprigs thyme<\/li><li>250 g fresh strawberries, stalks\/hulls removed<\/li><li>a squirt of fresh lemon juice<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Place half the wine in a small saucepan with the sugar and thyme. Heat to the beginning of a simmer, then remove the pan from the heat, swirling until the sugar has dissolved.<\/li><li>In a blender, add the remaining wine, strawberries and lemon juice. Remove the thyme sprigs from the hot syrup mixture, then add the syrup to the blender. Blend on high speed to a very smooth pulp.<\/li><li>Transfer to a wide plastic container, cover with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate overnight (or longer, but not less than 8 hours). The granita will never freeze completely due to the alcohol and sugar content.<\/li><li>At serving time, quickly use a fork to scrape the granita into the desired number of glasses.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>About the Spier Signature Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This salmon-coloured summertime sipper is elegant, unpretentious and beautifully balanced, marrying strawberry and apple flavours with a crisp finish. Whether you need a tipple for brunch, paella dinner, a picnic \u2014 or simply something to enjoy while reading in the sun \u2014 this sublime Spier Signature Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir adds understated flair to any occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spier Signature Chardonnay\/Pinot Noir was simply made for summertime sipping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}