Good Dessert Recipe to Pair with an Amarone?

A friend got me a nice Amarone for my birthday. I am looking for a nice dessert recipe to pair with it. My initial idea is something in the stewed plums or figs with ricotta (instead of mascarpone) vein but I am totally open to any ideas.

itshissong wrote:A friend got me a nice Amarone for my birthday. I am looking for a nice dessert recipe to pair with it. My initial idea is something in the stewed plums or figs with ricotta (instead of mascarpone) vein but I am totally open to any ideas.

Which Amarone?

2005 Cesari Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

check this out:

http://www.thewinebuyer.com/sku20448.html

decent recipe it looks like below

When I think Amarone, the following things come to mind:

Roasted meats, especially game and especially venison, duck or boar

Chunks of Red Cow Parmigiano with a drizzle of real balsamic or a balsamic glaze

Gorgonzola with pears poached in wine, maybe?

From experience, Amarone doesn't pair well with chocolate

And finally, it's just a baby. Someone described drinking Amarone young as "oenological infanticide". Good Amarone needs time in the bottle to reach its peak! 20 years or more!

For a sneak preview of what your wine has to offer, go to a good wine store and look for a Ripasso (or Ripassa) from a good house like Zenato or Masi (their wine is called Campofiorin. Masi were the first to try this in the 70's and trademarked the name Ripasso.)

This wine is comprised of Corvina, Molinara, Sangiovese and Rondinella that has been allowed to sit and absorb the flavors of the Amarone lees (the pressed grapes) and is designed to be drunk when relatively young. The wine is full-bodied and a comparative bargain.