LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2018

MOROCCAN TURKEY FLATBREAD WITH SIX EXCLUSIVE BELGIAN ALES GIFT PACK LCBO 254136, 6 pk, $19.95 Such an intricately flavoured, spicy and slightly sweet recipe (page 220) is the perfect foil for the six extraordinary beers in this gift pack, the finest ales from Belgium’s Van Steenberge brewery. Each beer deserves a page of description but suffice it to say that with the Bornem Dubbel, Bornem Tripel, Piraat Tripel Hop, light and spicy Piraat, Gulden Draak and the massive Gulden Draak 9000 Quadrupel, you will keep any beer lover happily lost in contemplation for as long as the flatbread lasts.

SPANISH TORTILLA & SMOKY TOMATO CHUTNEY WITH MARTINI & ROSSI ROSÉ SPARKLING GIFT BOX LCBO 384669, $15.95

People turn to sparkling wine when matching eggy dishes because the bubbles cut through the richness of a runny yolk. That isn’t the issue with this firmly set omelette (recipes page 220) but Martini & Rossi’s sparkling rosé brings more than fizz to the festivities. Off-dry and ro- bust, it has an almost spicy hit of red fruits and a hint of dried fig that har- monizes very pleasantly with the turkey and the smokey tomato flavour.

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