Exquisite Madeira soups

Madeira wine and soup

Madeira wine can accompany soup and two of Madeira’s finest chefs share their idea for a special soup to accompany a special wine, that wine, of course being Madeira wine.

Veal consomme en croute with black truffles

Veal consomme en croute with black truffles
Veal consomme en croute with black truffles

This wonderful take on a soup is recommended to be accompanied by a Sercial or dry Madeira wine.

You can see the recipe at the IVBAM pages.

Duck Broth

Duck broth
Duck broth with filo pastry, small caramelised vegetables and lightly spiced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This interesting soup is recommended with a medium dry or verdelho Madeira wine, the chef particularly recommends Barbeito Single Harvest 1997 – Meio Seco (medium-dry)

You can see the recipe at the IVBAM pages

Soup forms a very important of Madeiras cuisine and is very important to the locals and too often overlooked by many tourists despite soup appearing on the majority of menus.