Recipes
Desserts
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Alsace Gugelhupf
An Alsatian Bundt Cake is what Gugelhupf is-delicious with candied orange zest and a great idea for fall and winter treats.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Baked Apples with Cardamom and Vanilla
Baked apples are underrated and when you combine with our Port you have a wonderful pairing. Sourced from the food blog Eating From the Ground Up.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Baked Pears with Coconut Chocolate Crumble
Baked pears are delicious when the weather turns cooler and the days shorter. This recipe has some unusual ingredients in the crumble.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Blackberry Crisp
A wonderful dessert year round either using fresh berries or frozen, unsweetened berries. I mix berries as well for a colorful presentation.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Butterscotch Pudding Cake
Yummy butterscotch flavor with cake on top and pudding on the bottom-its magic!
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Chewy Pear Bars
Oh so yummy! If you like graham cracker crust and pears-this is so tasty. From Christy Jordan's Southern Plate. southernplate.com
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Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies
Wine Pairing: Port
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Chocolate Red Wine Cake
Chocolate and red wine-the perfect match. In cake form it takes the flavors to another level!
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Country Pear Cake
Wine Pairing: Dry Rosé of Zinfandel
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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
Wine Pairing: Dry Rosé of Zinfandel
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Créme Brulée
Such a luscious dessert and easy to make with just a few ingredients.
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Death by Chocolate Zucchini Bread
A yummy way to eat your vegetables.
Wine Pairing: Friends Red Port
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Double Dark Chocolate Merlot Cookies
Rich, dark chocolate cookies made with Merlot-you'll be hooked when you bake these. Found on the Simply Scratch website www.simplyscratch.com
Wine Pairing: Merlot Friends Red Petite Sirah Port
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French Peach Cobbler
From one of our favorite recipe sites comes this delicious and light cobbler made with fresh peaches. Tastingtable.com
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German Chocolate Cake
Jim Pedroncelli's favorite cake-in fact his favorite birthday cake! This is the traditional recipe that has been around for years.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Glazed Lemon Zucchini Bread
A yummy quick bread utilizing zucchini especially when it is most abundant in the summer and fall!
Wine Pairing: Friends White Friends Red
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Grilled Peaches with Red Wine Sauce
Why not throw some peaches on the grill and bring a delicious dessert to the table? Using red wine and another boozy element helps to bring all the flavors together.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Holiday Fruit Bread
Try this holiday recipe as it combines the tastiness of raisin bread with fruitcake spices and dried fruit. A recipe from second generation member Marianne Pedroncelli.
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Julia Child's Berry Clafoutis
Sourced from the New York Times Cooking section this is a great recipe to have when berries are in season. Mix them up if you like or focus on just one type-Julia won't mind.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Lemon Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust
A great selection from Bon Appetit-creamy, tart and delicious.
Bake the cheesecake at least one day ahead so that it has enough time to chill.
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Lemon Lassies
Julie's great aunt Rena made these every Christmas--we loved opening her box of assorted cookies-they were as sweet as she was.
Wine Pairing: Friends White
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Lemon Pudding Cake
A simple cake that turns into two layers-lemony, light and delicious.
Wine Pairing: Friends White Port
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Lemon Tirami Su
Typically this dessert is made with coffee liqueur and chocolate-a favorite. If you love lemon like we do then you'll love this recipe!
Wine Pairing: Friends White
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Mascarpone-Homemade
With just two ingredients and some time you'll have a most delicious concoction ready for Tiramisu or ripe summer fruits parfait style.
Wine Pairing: Friends White
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Mini Port-Chocolate Cupcakes with Port-Ganache Frosting
This is a recipe developed by third generation family member Maureen Davison. Julie requested a recipe that incorporated our Port--Maureen did an outstanding job!
Wine Pairing: Port
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Orange Almond Biscotti
A delicious twice baked cookie combination of almond and orange with a hint of ginger-perfect anytime of the year.
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Orange Hazelnut Cookies
Wine Pairing: Port
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Panforte My Way
Serve with a favorite blue cheese (Gorgonzola is pictured above) and a dessert wine, such as vin santo, Madeira, oloroso sherry or Port. From The Cheese Course by Janet Fletcher (Chronicle Books). http://www.janetfletcher.com/about/
Wine Pairing: Port
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Peanut Butter and Choco-Chip Bars
Wine Pairing: Port
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Pedroncelli Mulled Wine
Gary Gross, our Tasting Room Manager, developed this recipe for one of our events. We think it is a great addition for fall, winter or holiday gatherings.
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Pedroncelli Wine Cake
Wine Pairing: Port
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Perfect Chocolate Truffles
These truffles are meant to look like the real thing--small, irregular mounds instead of perfectly spherical balls. If you decide to omit the liquor flavoring, reduce the chocolate from 9 to 8 ounces. Cooks who favor the microwave can melt the chocolate at 50 percent power for about 3 minutes. The ganache mixture is quite forgiving. If it cools too much in step 1, place the bowl in a larger pan of warm water and stir the mixture until it has softened and warmed up. If this overwarms the mixture, cool it again as directed. The same flexibility applies if you overwhip the ganache by mistake. Simply warm it over the hot water bath, cool it, and whip it again. One person alone can dip and coat the truffles, but the process is easier when there's a second person to roll the coated truffles in cocoa and lift them onto a clean pan.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Persimmon Spice Cake
Deeply spiced and delicious with all the flavors of fall and winter wrapped into this tasty Bundt cake.
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Poached Pears in Spiced Red Wine
Wine Pairing: Cabernet Sauvignon
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Port Fruit Bars
A recipe adapted by Connie Proctor, 3rd Generation Family Member, that includes our Port as well as other yummy warm spices and pecans. A perfect pairing with our Four Grapes Port.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Port Soaked Dried Cherry Brownies with Optional Port-Chocolate Ganache
Joanne Young of Robert Young Estate gave me this recipe years ago. We have served these bites of deliciousness at many of our winery events. You can guild the lily by frosting these with the tastiest ganache ever. Your choice!
Wine Pairing: Port
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Prune Bars
Wine Pairing: Port
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Prune Spice Cake
Prunes used to be a big cash crop here in Sonoma County; now grapes are. A recipe from bygone days from second generation member Margaret Pedroni.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Pumpkin Gingersnap Cookies
I found this delicious autumn/winter cookie on Two Peas and Their Pod's recipe blog. Find more great recipes here: http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/recipes/
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Raspberry Nectarine Icebox Cake
Use the freshest ripest fruit for a delicious and creamy cake.
Wine Pairing: Dry Rosé of Zinfandel
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Rustic Peach Cake
Wine Pairing: Friends White
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Salted Caramel Mocha Cookies
A delicious recipe sent to us over the holidays from friends in Vail CO.
Wine Pairing: Port
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Silky Vanilla, Chocolate & Caramel Custard Trio
A yummy recipe with a base homemade custard that is flavored with caramel and chocolate for a pretty layered dessert.
Wine Pairing: Dry Rosé of Zinfandel Port
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Snickerdoodles
We were at a tasting in Reno, Nevada and stationed next to a bakery. They were serving Snickerdoodles...have you ever had Snickerdoodles and Zinfandel? Oh, Yum!
Wine Pairing: Zinfandel
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Spiced Cranberry Bundt Cake
A perfect complement for our Port, and the holidays! Recipe by Dorie Greenspan, epicurious.com
Wine Pairing: Port
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Strawberry Mascarpone Ice Cream Sundae
If you want an absolutely summertime dessert go for the gusto and make this delicious ice cream sundae by Janet Fletcher of Planet Cheese. www.planetcheese.com
Wine Pairing: Port
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Tutti Frutti Biscotti
Wine Pairing: Port
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Walnut Pepper Biscotti
We love cookies and we love wine. Sometimes its fun to combine the two!
Wine Pairing: Cabernet Sauvignon Zinfandel
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Zing! Rosé Fruit Compote
Wine Pairing: Dry Rosé of Zinfandel
