Help! Appetizer and dessert pairings for single malt scotch tasting ???

[anatevka]

Hello all:

I'm setting up a scotch tasting - probably including Laphroaig triple wood, Isle jura prophecy, and
black adder raw cask.

Can anyone help with several ideas as to appetizers to serve and a dessert or two? I gather that a dark chocolate dessert of some kind (flourless chocolate and/or mousse?) would work but not sure.

Many thanks!

[anatevka]

Thanks to all for your advice! I think I have a good start here, and appreciate the links to other threads I missed and to the great blog!

[Milliezz]

When we do malt whisky tastings at the Virginia Distillery Co., we pair smoked salmon and/or blue cheese (often Berkshire Blue from Massachusetts), a hearty English-style cheddar with the Highlands or little baby lamb chops and a Manchego with quince paste for the fruitier Speyside. For dessert, anything caramel is great with many Highland whiskies, chocolate desserts with fruit work well with the Speysides; just use a less intense dark chocolate. I don't usually serve dessert with Islays and other peaty whiskies. It's just wrong. Having said that, chocolate with chili pepper has been well-received.

To DavidT. Good recommendation. I sometimes even make peanut brittle with Highland. It's great.

[anatevka]

Thank you so much! My sense is that Laphroaig triple wood, Isle jura prophecy, and
black adder raw cask are all "peaty" - so I will stay away from serving sweets except for some peanut brittle I guess. It's for a birthday but we can have cake before hand :)

[ncyankee101]

http://jason-scotchreviews.blogspot.c...

[DavidT]

I have found a quality peanut brittle goes very well with single-malts, although I generally drink the Speyside malts rather than the smokey/peaty ones from the Wester Coast Isles.

[DavidT]

Here is an old chowhound thread on the same subject. I made the same suggestion back then!

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/360044