The new Richart catalog just arrived. They have their usual chocolates that are fairly conventional with a few bold combinations. However their new seasonal box is very extreme in my opinion. It is called "A Festive Garden". My task for you is to see if you can match a wine, or any drink, to the 7 chocolates in the collection as described below. If you can not match a single drink for the whole collection, then perhaps you can match a wine to the single types of chocolates. The chocolates are:
- black truffle in criollo genache on a bed of potato coulis;
- grilled corn on a bed of chestnut coulis;
3; pear coulis on a bed of Cassis de Dejon genache;
- kalamanzi in soy milk genache on a bed of carrot coulis;
- tomato in light genache on a bed of basil genache;
- pumpkin coulis on a bed of chamomile flower coulis;
- carmelized celery root coulis on a bed of genache flavored with mild spices;
All are covered with high quality chocolate - no white chocolate. Usually the flavors are not too bold for Richard unusual combinations, but I have not tasted these chocolates. Unusual flavors are not new for Richard. Their special collection for the year 2000 include a tobacco flavored chocolate.