Caraway Beet Soup with Smoked Salmon Toast Points: Today is Beer Can Appreciation Day and the 80th Anniversary of Canned Beer, so it only seems fitting to celebrate the utilitarian Beer Can with a Beer Pairing using a Can Of Craft Beer. Since the sun is setting on this snowy day, even Mother Nature herself approves of using a can of Round Guys Brewery’s Sundown Saison to mark the occasion. The Caraway seeds in the Beet Soup matched the toasted ground caraway in the home baked landbrot (rye bread), while the lemon pepper-y flavor of the cardamom in the soup complimented the spicy orange-y flavor of the coriander in the bread; all while the aromatic French yeast and the floral, citrus hops in the beer tied the meal together.
Salmon Toast: Caviar and arugula spotted Smoked salmon fillet draped over a blend of cream cheese and The Farm At Doe Run’s Hummingbird Cheese (a fantastic mixed-milk Robiola-style cheese that took first prize in the “Open Category for all milks” in the 2011 American Cheese Society Awards) spread over slices of toasted home baked rye bread.
Beet Soup With Caraway: [recipe amended from bon appétit] olive oil, caraway seeds, homegrown scallions, homegrown leeks, homemade chicken stock, salt, pepper, beets, cream, cardamom, spices, hard boiled eggs, fresh greens, fresh FL blood orange.
