In the mood for comfort food I decided to make Chilli Con Carne & matched Diemersfontein Chenin Blanc with this dish & this was the results.
Chilli con carne
Serves: 4 – 6
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Preparation time with a glass of wine in your hand: 30 minutes plus
butter! butter! butter!
1 onion, halved and diced
5 bacon strips
1 green pepper, seeded and sliced
500g lean beef mince
1 x 410g can Mexican diced tomatoes from Spar
frozen corn
mixed spices for Chilli Con Carne – you buy this sachet with separate spices from Spar – easy peasy, it’s not cheating, it’s clever - more time for drinking, less cooking ;-)
Now I know that you have to add red kidney beans with this dish, but I forgot and was to lazy to drive back to the shop, so no kidney beans, deal with it.
1. heat the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat and follow the instructions on the mixed spices sachet and it will tell you step by step what spices to add when and what to fry when. EASY :-)
2. fill up wine glass.
Now if you followed the instructions (from Spar) correctly you should end up with something like this, minus the kidney beans:
(picture via ideas mag)
Hubby decided to turn dinner into a wrap - chopped fresh tomato, lettuce, avo & grated cheese. Chilli Con Carne Wrap! Yummy.
A little more about Diemersfontein Chenin Blanc wine: consuming 3 bottles of this wine will leave you legless, this much I know, but even through the blur of consumption I remembered how amazing this wine was & that I had to have it in my cellar. A lovely fruity nose and hints of pineapple, taste of green apples and pears with a warm toasty biscuit aroma…. Mmm cookie dough.
The soft fruity aspects in the wine tamed this spicy dish perfectly. Lip smacking delicious.
Now there you go. Easy dinner, gorgeous wine & great company!
Cheers!
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