Bringing a taste of Spain to an Aspen audience

I used to be notably excited to attend the Saturday afternoon seminar “Meals & Wines from Spain Presents: A Style of Spain from a North Carolina Kitchen” for a couple of causes: one, I’m initially from North Carolina, so any likelihood to be close to a chunk of dwelling within the mountains of Colorado I get, I take it; two, Meals & Wines from Spain is likely one of the finest tents on the Grand Tasting, so I do know no matter seminar they’re sponsoring, it’s going to be a great time.

Let me let you know now, I used to be not incorrect in my option to attend this seminar and it was certainly a great time.

Hosted by chef and restaurateur Katie Button and her companion, in life and enterprise, Felix Meana, the seminar on the Lodge Jerome took the viewers via 4 tapas and wine parings that may simply be a number of the finest bites I’ve loved all weekend.

Button and Meana personal and function Cúrate Bar de Tapas and La Bodega by Cúrate, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Cúrate means care for your self, Meana stated, but it surely was actually him and Button who took care of the viewers, making us really feel as if we had been all hanging out of their household kitchen within the South.

Whereas the Paleta Cinco Jotas – acorn-fed, 100% ibérico ham shoulder that Button beneficial we let soften on our tongue to get the total taste – paired with an Alvear Fino was the right option to begin the seminar and assist transport us to Spain, it was the second course that had my full consideration.

The Montadito de Sobrasada was a house-made sobrasada (a sort of sausage) with goat cheese, honey and chopped marcona almonds on a toast level paired with a cava.

To be trustworthy, making an attempt the cava by itself, I wasn’t as wowed as I assumed I ought to be, however as soon as I took a chew of the sobrasada after which took a sip of the cava, it was a very totally different taste and I used to be, to not over-hype it, form of blown away. Now I perceive why sure wines ought to be paired with a specific meals.

The hour-long seminar flew by, and by the point we had our final glass of Spanish wine, closing chew of piquillo peppers filled with goat cheese and “returned” to Aspen to go about our day, I used to be unhappy to say “Adios” to Button and Meana, however excited to say “I’ll see y’all quickly,” as I’m already keen to go to Cúrate subsequent time I’m dwelling in North Carolina.