Debbie McLaughlin, cordon bleu chef patron at Hilda’s Kitchen at Groote Post, has devised a special seafood dish to complement Groote Post’s Seasalter 2021.
Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, Funky Ouma Sea Salt and pepper. Mix well. Pour over cooked new potatoes and adjust seasoning. Divide potatoes, green beans courgettes and eggs among four plates, top with mixed salad leaves and the smoked salmon trout. Drizzle with lemon mayonnaise dressing.
Place egg yolk, zest and juice of lemon, Funky Ouma Sea Salt, pepper in a food processor. Slowly add the oil. Adjust seasoning.
Seasalter is fast becoming Groote Post’s celebrated wine, with its West Coast saltiness and minerality from the nearby Atlantic.
#Seasalter2021 is wonderfully expressive on the nose exuding fragrant guava and gooseberry nuanced by blackcurrant and citrus notes with subtle aromas of kelp and passion fruit. This complex and integrated nose follows through onto the palate with captivating yellow fruit and a zesty lime acidity with hints of fynbos, sea-breeze and a touch of oak.
Rich layered and long, this subtly powerful blend is intense but not weighty: an elegant well-balanced wine showing typical Darling minerality, vibrant acidity and some leesy complexity before a saline finish.