Hearty Winter Recipes

Ploughman’s Lunch, with sweet branston pickle, balsamic pickled onions, smoked ham, sheep’s milk cheddar, crusty breads

Match with Theakstones Old Peculier

Food and Wine Matching - Ploughman’s Lunch

Serves

Mains for four

Ingredients

  • 8 thick slices of smoked ham, freshly cut from the bone
  • 3 tbsp pickles
  • 3 tbsp pickled beetroot
  • 8 balsamic pickled onions
  • 4 pickled artichokes, sliced in half
  • A generous wedge of cheddar cheese (we have used a sheep’s milk cheddar)
  • Fresh crusty bread and bread sticks

Method

  1. Simply assemble your ingredients as desired on a big platter and serve.
  2. Garnish with a bunch of fresh herbs that can also be nibbled on.

Beer match

Grimbergen Dubbel Ale 330mL Belgium

Grimbergen

Dubbel Ale 330mL
BELGIUM 6.5% ABV

A Belgian 'Abbey' beer, this dark double (Dubbel in Flemish) has a rich raisiny aroma, orange, toffee and cinnamon on the palate, with a spicy, brandy-like finish.

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