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How to Pair Cheese with Urbnspice Confitures

By Denise Pare-Watson

You can probably tell by my Urb’n’Spice Confitures and Compotes that I adore cheeses of every kind, which is why the confitures were created in the first place. They pair so well with cheese plates, charcuterie platters and of course your favourite wine.  This post will detail How to Pair Cheese with Urbnspice Confitures.

“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese.”

Luis Buñuel (1900-1983)

Urb'n'Spice Golden Plum Pate | urbnspice.com

I also have fun with quotes:  food quotes, positivity quotes, wine quotes, cheese quotes, etc..  I needed a landing page for pairing my confitures with wine, cheese and charcuterie that is what this page is for.  I also have a smattering of quotes throughout.  If you find a good quote, drop me a note and I will include it.

Roasted Peach Confiture with Rosemary and Brandy | urbnspice.com


“Cheese has always been a food that both sophisticated and simple humans love.”

M.F.K. Fisher, 1942

How to Pair Cheese with Urbnspice Confitures

For your information, here is how I pair Urb’n’Spice Confitures and Chutneys:

Great with cheese & charcuterie – and wine!

ROASTED PEACH CONFITURE

This is a tribute to Okanagan peaches. I hope you like it! With a whisper of fresh rosemary and a hint of Brandy, my suggestion is pairing this unique confiture with Brie or other mild cheese on a nutcracker or on toasted brioche.  

TAWNY PORT and aged balsamic Jelly

This wonderfully flavoured jelly is a pleasure to serve your guests. Use this delicious jelly with any roast meat, or poultry, cheese & charcuterie platters. It is also lovely with pate.

CARAMELIZED ONION & ROASTED GARLIC CONFITURE

You must try this! This is my most popular savoury confiture and my favourite with Smoked Gouda. It is also great with lamb sausages, wild game meats, duck, hamburgers, paté, or a warmed brie flatbread, and, of course, with cheese and charcuterie platters.

CONFETTI PEPPER JELLY

Try this pretty jelly with cream cheese and crackers or melt it onto grilled meat or alongside charcuterie. I love this jelly.   It is actually more like a paste because of the tangy base of apricots that keep the colourful medley of peppers suspended beautifully in the jar.

APRICOT RIESLING CONFITURE

Apricots and Okanagan Riesling are a match made in heaven! It is a perfect balance of flavours and pairs well with Brie, Chevre, or even Parmigiano Reggiano. Try this confiture with crackers, or on toast, or use as a glaze on ham or pork, on pastries hot from the oven.

RED WINE, PORT & POMEGRANATE JELLY

Try this lovely ruby jelly with your next cheese platter and get ready for compliments! Try it particularly with goat cheese, a little drizzle of honey and some fresh rosemary on sliced fresh baguette or crackers. It is equally delicious accompanying duck breast or ham.

MONTMORENCY CHERRY & CRANBERRY COMPOTE

Try this rich, intense compote with soft cheeses like cream cheese or Brie. It is lovely as a topping for Baked Brie. Don’t forget to try it with duck breast, any poultry main dish or in a chicken sandwich.

URB’N’SPICE BROWN PICKLE

My signature savoury chutney – try it with Old Cheddar Cheese or Red Leicester and garlic crostini or crackers. Try it with a grilled cheese sandwich! So good!  

SUN-DRIED TOMATO & BASIL SPREAD 

Serve this gorgeous spread on garlic crostini that have been cayenne kissed. Top that with a few goat cheese crumbles – heaven! Also try it with eggs, on sandwiches, on top of grilled steak or with charcuterie. Endless possibilities!  

BUMBLEBERRY CONFITURE

This is an irresistible blend of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries together with spring rhubarb. Delicious!

ROASTED STRAWBERRY CONFITURE WITH FINE ITALIAN BALSAMIC

This is my signature confiture! To create this confiture, I used the traditional French technique of roasting to enhance flavours. Try it with ice cream, or buttery toasted brioche. It is lovely with Brie or cream cheese – really, whatever you like! Save it for someone special. It will be indispensable in your pantry!

STRAWBERRY CONFITURE WITH TAHITIAN VANILLA BEAN

This is not your everyday strawberry jam. In our home, it is called “Special.” Try it with ice cream, on toasted brioche, with Brie, or…..(you’ll see!)

ROASTED BLUEBERRY & MAPLE CONFITURE

I call this my Canadian Confiture – made with two of Canada’s top iconic ingredients, it is rich and intense in flavour. Try this preserve with scones, biscuits, toast, or accompanied with cream cheese, or in a vinaigrette for Boston green salad, or on top of ice cream for a special dessert, etc.

RASPBERRY CONFITURE WITH VANILLA BEAN & RASPBERRY BALSAM

This one was a favourite of mine and many – with Tahitian Vanilla Bean and Raspberry Balsam added to make it extra special. It is delightful on your morning toast, or with cream cheese and crackers. Try it for filling pastries or even swirled through yogurt. Yummy!

CRANBERRY, PINEAPPLE & PEAR COMPOTE

also known as “HOLIDAY TREATS PRESERVE”

Not your ordinary cranberry sauce, this has been a must-have preserve in our family for decades and it is enjoyed year around. This incredible blend of fruit together with a very special cranberry molasses is amazing with any poultry or pork (and don’t forget turkey dinners!). It is amazing in a chicken Panini, too.

URB’N’SPICE MULLING SPICES

The holiday season would not be complete without this little package of mulling spices. It has a raffia tie to slip over the neck of your favourite bottle of wine. A perfect gift combination is mulling spices with HOLIDAY TREATS PRESERVE (above) 

Urb’n’Spice Products are lovingly made in Kelowna in small batches using artisanal methods with local seasonal ingredients as much as possible. My products are GLUTEN FREE and NUT FREE. This list may change without notice depending on seasonality and availability of ingredients. This sometimes means waiting eagerly for the next growing season. Shipping is available within Canada only at this time.

Urb’n’Spice products make great hostess gifts!

Urbnspice Mulling Spices and Confitures | urbnspice.com

“Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow,

and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles,

and knock a man over at two hundred yards.”

Jerome K. Jerome, 1889

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Your Work

By Denise Pare-Watson

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.

And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

—Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple

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Make sure your work, whatever it is, gives an indication of your passion, your creativity, and your spirit.

Be proud of your work!

 If you are mentoring someone or teaching someone new skills, make sure that you take the time to teach them to stand back and look at their work accomplishments with pride.

 This was something I started with my very young children when they started assisting with simple chores, like making their beds.

 They were so pleased with their accomplishments.

I often watched them in their play (I am a play geek), concentrating so hard on what they were doing.

It was fascinating watching them attain skills purely by trying over and over again.

Playing is their work.  Their work is playing.

This is their work.

Little Ones Hard at Playing - This is their work | urbnspice.com

Martin Luther King Jr. once said:

“If a man is called to be a street-sweeper,

he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,

or Beethoven composed music,

or Shakespeare wrote poetry.

He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say,

‘Here lived a great street-sweeper who did his job well.”

This was their work.

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Our journeys through life take us down many paths.

You will have many opportunities to share your passion through your work, even if the path does not always seem clear.

Take any opportunity to share your knowledge, your passion, your skills, and your thoughts.

Pay it forward.

This is your work.

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Rainy days and Sunshine (and chocolate covered strawberries)

By Denise Pare-Watson

Rainy days and Sunshine

(and chocolate covered strawberries)

Rainy days and Sunshine

I live on Vancouver Island – it is a beautiful place.

We have had exquisite weather the past few days with many ‘pinch me’ moments.

It rains sometimes, but not today.

My daughters live in neighbouring provinces and they are both growing weary of experiencing more than their share of rainy weather lately.

Recently, “Kid of a Chef” sent me a text stating:

“I am eating chocolate covered strawberries for lunch.

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I am quite certain that is the reason why the sun just broke through the clouds and the birds are singing.

For the sake of the city and reducing flood water damage, I might have to eat the whole package!”

Now – that’s positive thinking!

Don’t let the rain stop you from creating a great day.

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A beautiful place on Vancouver Island

Rainy days and Sunshine Activities:

Baking with Kids:  Bannock

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The Urbnspice Chef

 

 

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Food and love related quotes

By Denise Pare-Watson

Food and Love Related Quotes

“Cookbooks are like chocolates – a variety is nice! “

The Urbnspice Chef

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Food and love related quotes

This is an ongoing theme in our household, with infinite possibilities.  Food and love related quotes are a fun part of the creativity happening in the UrbnSpice kitchen.  It all started with a pickle……

“You’re the dressing in my salad….”

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Summer Salads: The Class Cobb Salad

The Class Cobb Salad Ingredients

See:  Classic Cobb Salad

*****

“You’re the pickle in my sandwich…”

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The Almost Famous Wats-on Sandwich

See this post for the Famous Wats-On Chicken Sandwich

“You’re the chip in my cookie…..”

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Chocolate Pecan Cookies and Gluten Free Chocolate Pecan Cookies from the cookbook series

See this post for my sister’s amazing Old Fashioned Coconut Oatmeal Cookies

‘……you’re the “whole” in my donut….’

“You’re the shrimp in my gumbo….”

“You’re the ………………..”

What can you come up with?  🙂

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From the Cookbook Series: Gluten and Gluten-Free Quadruple Chocolate Brownies

“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating”

Luciano Pavarotti

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Food Quote by Mark Twain

By Denise Pare-Watson

Food Quotes by Mark Twain:

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

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“There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation.

They pay this price for health.

And health is all they get for it.

How strange it is.

It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.”

*****

“A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.”

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“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.”

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“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”

*****

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”

Mark Twain Food Quotes

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Food Quotes from Jamie Oliver

By Denise Pare-Watson

Food Quotes from Jamie Oliver:  What I’ve enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn – I love it!

Jamie Oliver

Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.
If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.
I’m probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.
The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.
Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won’t tolerate reconstituted turkey being put back on the menu.
I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.
 
 “If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it’s such a brilliant thing, isn’t it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a nice bit of food it makes you feel good, you know?”
“Preheat the oven to full whack.”  
The whole idea is to earn the flavor. No one gives it to you.

Homicide is 0.8% of deaths. Diet-related disease is over 60%. But no one talks about it.

 

Pick a destination, go there, be open-minded and talk to the locals. Eat the things they eat and go where they go. You don’t need to be fluent, just as long as you’ve got a smile on your face- people will be jumping over themselves to show you the stuff they’re proud of.

 

Food is one of life’s greatest joys yet we’ve reached this really sad point where we’re turning food into the enemy, and something to be afraid of

 

Every child should be taught to cook in school, not just talk about nutrition all day. Good food can be made in 15 minutes. This could be the first generation where the kids teach the parents.

I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity. 
 
As soon as I was old enough to peer over the worktops, I remember being fascinated by what went on in the kitchen. It just seemed such a cool place, everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh doing it.
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Edible Play Dough 

What I’ve enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn – I love it!
All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes – I do all the time – but it doesn’t matter. 
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