Showing posts with label Mencía Valdeorras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mencía Valdeorras. Show all posts

Friday, January 20, 2012

Rib of Beef from Bandeira with poached squash and mature cheese from Arzúa

 In the following video we present to you a gastronomic proposal for this weekend: Rib of Beef from Bandeira with poached squash and mature cheese from Arzua. This recipe arrives to us thanks to Alberto González Plelcic, a "Grupo Nove" member and the kitchen chief of the Restaurant "Silario", located in Tui. And to the perfect pairing for this dish, Alberto recommends us a Mencia of the DO Valdeorras.

Alberto González Prelcic presents himself as a cook of “formation and vocation”, highlighting that:

"Three are the key points why I chose cooking as a way of life: first, the family model, watching my mother cooking everyday; second, mi education at the Hotel Management School of Galicia, where I laid the foundations of my profession. Third, my stage at Casa Solla, where cooking became not just my profession, but also my passion. My stages at other kitchens and the courses I made enhanced these first 3 basic ingredientes until I found myself inmersed in this proyect that makes me feel excited and enthusiastic... like a little child that learns to write with the help of a "silabario" (a "silabario" is an old notebook to learn to write)".

“Silabario” is the name of the restaurant located in the border region of Tui, where Alberto develops his great cooking ability and all his knowledge on this issue.

"Silabario was and old notebook to learn to write. Like a little child at school, at our restaurant we start from the basis of traditional cuisine: slowly cooked stews, oak ember barbecues, traditional confectionery... and we adapt our dishes to modern times. Our cuisine is basically galician, influenced by our environment, but with the portuguese border so close, you can find some hints of portuguese cuisine in our dishes". 

As follows Alberto presents this recipe

Friday, January 13, 2012

Mackerel pickled with cheese from "O Cebreiro" with Godello of Valdeorras

 In the following video we offer you the recipe for making Mackerel pickled with cheese from "O Cebreiro" with Godello of Valdeorras. A recipe that comes from the hand of Iñaki Bretal, chief of the restaurant's kitchen "Eirado da Leña" and member of the prolific Galician gourmet art group, "Nove".

Iñaki Bretal is always concerned with offering "the best of the best product of Galician" always using the highest expression of this product as feature of his kitchen.

His culinary art reaches its highest expression in the restaurant "O Eirado da Leña" , located in an old house in the historic center of Pontevedra, specifically in the "Plaza de la Leña", opposite the main entrance of the ancient Provincial Museum.

The "Eirado" started 7 years ago as a project of three friends (Marta, Robert and Iñaki) in which the main idea was "always to not mount the dining room of a restaurant, but to set up inside a restaurant a dining of a home". A cozy dining room where diners could feel comfortable and relaxed.

As follows Iñaki presents this recipe




Thursday, October 20, 2011

The D.O. Valdeorras is committed to the quality of its vineyards

  1The decreasing number of vineyards hectares and the strong increase of the land extension of preferred varieties, show the clear commitment of the DO Valdeorras to substantiate his defining criteria on quality aspects.

As proved, the newspaper "La Región" has collected the following information provided by the Regulatory Council:

"The 1,300 hectares of 11 years ago have turned into the current 1,159. Furthermore, there has been a significantly increase of the vineyards extention of godello and Mencia, which went from 206 and 132 to 286 and 274 hectares respectively. Additionaly, the vineyards of Alicante and Jerez have dropped from 582 and 307 to 235 and 139 hectares respectively. "

The grants, the labor specialization and the international leadership have garnered the preferred qualities. And now these are the leaders of this commitment which has been rewarded in recent years by a relentless rain of awards, both nationally and internationally.

Meanwhile, from the technical department of the Regulatory Council, an important research is being held in several directions, an information that has been given through this blog. The investigation of the wine in Galician oak , the development of the toasted wine of Valdeorras and a possible future production of Cava, are some of the projects that keep our expectations of an encouraging future for the DO Valdeorras.