Vino Cotto Newsletter Summer 2011 – Christmas Gift Ideas, Hampers & Summer Recipes
Summer 2011 
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Looking for Christmas gift ideas to delight family and friends.
Here are some suggestions.
Sweets
Make these delicious treats as Christmas food gifts for friends and family, and keep some for yourself!
Pitelli – These sensational Italian fruit mince tarts are sure to impress with their decadent filling of vine fruits, roasted nuts, Vino Cotto and coffee all encased within a silky sweet pastry. These bite size gems are terrific as a gift. Keep fresh for weeks. Click here for recipe.
Mostaccoli – An almond, honey and mixed spice biscuit great for dunking into coffee. Simply bake and gift wrap in style. Keep fresh for weeks. Click here for recipe.
Cheese Platter
For the cheese lovers in your life, you can put together a small hamper with a bottle of Vino Cotto Fig, aged cheese such as Parmigiano Reggiano or Grana Padano, a selection of your favourite dried nuts, pastes and crackers. Let the lucky recipient of this hamper know to drizzle Vino Cotto onto the mature cheese.
Fresh Berries Hamper with a Pavlova or an Italian Panettone
Say “Merry Christmas” with a basket brimming with seasonal berry fruits, a boxed Pavlova or an Italian Panettone and a bottle of Vino Cotto Original. The lucky recipients of this gift can macerated the berries in Vino Cotto and use them as a delicious topping to the Pav or to the Panettone. The Panettone can be cut into thick pieces and eaten fresh or lightly toasted with a generous serve of the macerated berries and a further drizzle of Vino Cotto.
Or choose from our Christmas Gift Packs that are now available for purchase online.
Hamper – Discover Vino Cotto Sampler
Price – $38.50 (plus $15.00 shipping)
A tiny treasure trove of our wonderful 50ml Vino Cotto bottles. Ideal for introducing Vino Cotto to friends and loved ones.
1 x Original Vino Cotto 50ml
1 x Fig Vino Cotto 50ml
1 x Apple Vino Cotto 50ml
1 x Quince Vino Cotto 50ml
Hamper presented in a brown vinyl stitch edge drawer storage box with Christmas decoration.
Hamper – Discover Vino Cotto
Price – $70.00 (plus $ 20.00 shipping)
A hamper for the true buongustaio. Our Vino Cotto products represents dedication and passion for tradition and simplicity of food with all it’s great flavours.
Our condiments are only used sparingly so your gift will last long after the occasion.
Product description
1 x Original Vino Cotto 100ml
1 x Fig Vino Cotto 100ml
1 x Apple Vino Cotto 100ml
1 x Quince Vino Cotto 100ml
1 x Cherry Cranberry Pistachio soft Nougat (Gluten Free) 150g
( to help celebrate Christmas)
Hamper presented in a brown vinyl stitch edge drawer storage box with Christmas decoration.
Click here to order.
Hamper – Cheese Platter Indulgence
Price – $130.00 (plus $25.00 shipping)
Perfect as a gift or for your own quiet picnic, this hamper offers everything from Vino Cotto, to Italian speciality paste and savoury biscuits, olives, Rolada, crackers, serving bowls and a grain cheese board and knife.
Just bring the cheese and you have the perfect entertaining platter!
Product description
Fig Vino Cotto 250ml (to be drizzled on mature cheese)
Original Vino Cotto 250ml (to use in a warm olives marinade)
Prickly Pear Paste 140g
Tarallucci olive oil biscuits 250g
Alto Kalamta Olives 125g
Rolada – date and pistachio with walnuts 250g
Waterthins Natural crackers 150g
2 x Zenix deep bowls
Gourmet Grain Cheese Board
Cheese knife
Recipe – Warm Olives marinated with Original Vino Cotto
Hamper presented in a black plastic woven tray with Christmas ribbon and decoration.
Click here to order.
Easy Entertaining
It’s that special time of the year again to relax and enjoy summer get -togethers with family and friends. Entertain with these simple and easy to prepare summer recipes.
Prosciutto Salad with Peaches, Buffalo Mozzarella and splash of Vino Cotto (Click here for recipe)
This is a delicious seasonal salad at it’s best. Simply buy good quality ingredients and you will enjoy it’s flavours and simplicity. Instead of peaches you can substitute this salad with fresh purple or green figs.
Grilled Quails basted with a Vino Cotto glaze and served with a rocket and grape salad (Click here for recipe)
This a perfect summer dish. Quail meat is tender and succulent and goes wells with this refreshing salad. Just so easy to cook on the grill, 10 minutes and dinner is ready.
Panettone filled with Ice-cream and Vino Cotto (Click here for recipe)
Panettone is the Italian traditional Christmas cake which has a soft and buttery texture and full of candied fruit and raisins. It’s wonderful just as it is, but in our family we stuff the Panettone with ice-cream and brandy soaked fruits. We use Vino Cotto to soak the cavity of the Panettone. It’s always a winning dessert.
We thank you for your support during this year and we wish you a wonderful and safe Festive season.
Enjoy life.
Angela & IL Baronello team