Italiano
Shrimp cocktail with a tomato mustard sauce
An evergreen appetizer that pairs well with a sparking Cuvée Paradiso Brut Metodo Classico Quintopasso.
Ingredients for 4 people:
600g of boiled and peeled shrimp, 4 tomatoes, 1 tablespoon mustard grain, 1 shallot, a handful of parsley, 4 eggs, 1 lettuce head and 1 tablespoon delicate extra-virgin olive oil.
Directions:
Cut the tomatoes into quarters, remove the seeds and put the quarters in a pan with their juice and a drop of water and bring to a boil.
When the sauce has been reduced blend it with an immersion mixer and add in the mustard grain.
Boil the eggs for 8 minutes and then cool them under running water. Peel the eggs and cut them into wedges. Wash the lettuce and save the more tender leaves for use in the cocktail.
Chop the parsley and finely dice the shallot.
Mix the shrimp with some EVOO, the parsley and shallots. Season with salt and pepper.
Season the lettuce leaves, the egg wedges and the tomato in a cocktail glass, add the shrimp and pour over the aromatic sauce.
Wine to pair:
Cuvée Paradiso Brut Metodo Classico Quintopasso
Golden straw yellow color, intense and rich perlage. Intense aromas of ripe white fruit and alfalfa with a pleasant citrusy note. The taste is fresh, with good intensity, fine bubbles in balance between the crispiness of Sorbara and the sunny side of Chardonnay.
Production area: vineyards of the Chiarli family's estates, all in the province of Modena: Tenuta Cialdini, Tenuta Sozzigalli and Tenuta Belvedere. Here they select the most suitable grapes for Classic Method production.
Grape variety: 80% Chardonnay, 20% Lambrusco di Sorbara.
Vinification: the grapes are hand harvested in small boxes and immediately soft pressed. Only the pulp, where the acidity and salinity later found in the free-run must reside, is extracted. Fermentation in sur lattes bottles at a constant temperature for over 24 months, before the final degorgement.
Alcohol content: 12.5% vol.
Serving temperature: 8-10°C.
Quintopasso bears in its name the references to the entrepreneurial path of which it represents the crowning achievement and the people who are the protagonists. In fact, this Classic Method celebrates the fifth generation, represented by the five cousins - Carlo, Giorgio, Stefano, Giovanni and Tommaso - more and more protagonists in the family businesses. At the same time, it pays tribute to the five main creators who together have realized this project: the owners Anselmo and Mauro Chiarli, the sales and marketing director Roberto Saletta, the company oenologist Franco De Biasio and the consultant Gianni Gasperi.
The intent of this project is to represent the noblest expression of the vines of the territory most suited to the Classic Method.
