Italiano
Roast pork with annurca apple
Ingredients for 6 people:
700g pork fillet, 1 large annurca apple, 1 large onion, 1 carrot, 2 glasses of white wine, 1 glass of water, 50ml extra-virgin olive oil, salt as need and 1 rosemary sprig.
Directions:
Tie the meat up with string and brown all sides in a pan with olive oil. Once it is completely browned add the onion, carrot and apple cut into cubes.
Cover everything with the wine and water and add salt and the rosemary.
Cook at medium heat for around an hour turning the meat over every once in a while. Add more wine and water if it gets too dry.
Once cooked remove the meat and blend the apple, onion and carrots to create a sauce too accompany the sliced roast.
The acidity of the annurca apple is balanced by the sweetness of the onion and carrot to create an exceptional harmony of flavors.
La tendenza acida della mela annurca, contrapposta alla dolcezza della cipolla e della carota danno origine a una eccezionale armonia di sapori.
Wine to pair
Santa Caterina Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Docg Tenuta Trerose
An intense red colour with purplish glints. On the nose there is a real explosion of red fruit, reminiscent of cherries in alcohol, redcurrants, blackberries, myrtle-leaved orange and myrtle. In the mouth it is immediately soft and sweet, then moves on to a long, light and elegant finish.
Production area: Montepulciano (SI), vineyards planted on the Santa Caterina hill, along the Via Lauretana, a historic border area between the Papal States and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. These vineyards are planted in an amphitheatre shape for a range of different exposures, having soils of marine origin, with alternate layers of silt, salty clay and sand. Here the continental climate from the central part of Tuscany is mitigated by the proximity to Lake Trasimeno.
Grape variety: Sangiovese 100% (biotype Prugnolo gentile).
Winemaking system: depending on the individual selections, the Sangiovese wines are fermented in different ways in order to respect and enhance their different characteristics: looking for fruit, softness and sweet tannins from the more mature wines; looking for citrus notes and elegance from the lighter ones; looking for richness in taste and minerality from the areas with salty clay. Depending on their potential, the different selections are aged separately in barrique, 10-hl casks and 30-40-hl barrels.
Alcoholic content: 14,5%.
Serving temperature: 16-18°C.
