One of the things I feel lucky to live in the Bay Area is that the summer is relatively cool. However, with the global warming even the summer here is becoming hotter and makes me to hesitate to turn on the oven. Now it’s finally starting to cool down. It means, it’s time to bake.
The first pie to bake for the fall of 2025 is my favorite - Cornish pasties.
The pie dough was shortcrust pastry - as usual I substituted the half of the flour with the spelt flour. And the filling was almost vegetarian: onion, spinach, potato, Swiss cheese and shio-koji.
When it was done, I grabbed them and headed to the neighborhood wine bar where I could bring the outside food to find a glass of wine to pair with.
Finding good pairing was not as easy as I thought. I tried several glasses of white wine and found most of them made the pasties bitter. After a few attempts I finally found nice pairing.
Domaine Jérôme Gradassi Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2019
Organic white wine from a small estate in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The variety is 100 % Clairette Rose.
Pleasant aromas of herb, jasmine, ripe citrus like lime. Fresh acidity is wrapped in the roundness of the texture.
This wine was fun to drink by itself, and brought out the umami flavor of the vegetables when I had it with the pasties.
