Impossible food wine pairings: breakfast burrito!
OK people. It’s Saturday morning. If you’re thinking about wine at all, it’s probably for tonight’s blowout dinner with friends. But before that, there’s brunch to consider.
And what better than the new breakfast burrito bomb from Hardee’s! Let’s cut to the AP for the description:
…two egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese, hash browns and sausage gravy, all wrapped inside a flour tortilla. The burrito contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat.
Now is that an IMPOSSIBLE wine pairing or what?!? Talk about a power breakfast. Don’t get faked out by the sheer quantity–just keep your eye on the components. Comments are open for your suggestions.
Hardee’s item via The Consumerist.
Oct
20
2007
On October 20th, 2007 at 10:24 am ,Mr. E. Meat wrote:
Pouilly Fumé. And a defibrillator.
On October 20th, 2007 at 10:59 am ,Jack wrote:
Tyler, why not do a comprehensive tasting and get back to us?
But if this is something you’d never put in your mouth, why are you putting it in front of us?
Further, it’s an easy pairing – rosé – but I wouldn’t waste a good bottle of rosé on crap food like this. (I stopped eating this category of food more than 8 years ago.)
On October 20th, 2007 at 11:08 am ,Dr.Debs wrote:
Oh. My. God. 920 calories??
OK, eyes on the prize. I’d serve Cava. And tangerine juice. Then I’d let people make mimosa style things with it. If you’re throwing all that down the gullet, some additional acid and bubbles probably doesn’t matter all that much!
On October 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pm ,Josh wrote:
Best you can do is pour yourself a tall, red plastic cup of brut for this monster.
For the symmetry of the thing I’d follow this up with a KFC chicken bowl for lunch followed by a cheese plate and a lobe of foie for dinner.
Mmm, lard.
On October 20th, 2007 at 12:07 pm ,Jack wrote:
Sorry, Josh, but foie is real food – that other stuff is not. Never should the two be mixed or confused. 🙂
On October 20th, 2007 at 2:25 pm ,Brogie62 wrote:
What is needed here is acidity, to cut through the fat, and quaffability (is that a word?), to deal with the saltiness of the bacon, ham, etc. Not really different than you would pair with a Quiche Lorraine.
Try a Macon or a dry Riesling.
On October 20th, 2007 at 11:10 pm ,Casa Wasabi wrote:
How about a sparkling rosé? There’s something mildly trashy about pink bubbles that would go perfectly with such a plat principal.
On October 21st, 2007 at 11:15 am ,Golly wrote:
Sutter Home White Zinfandel, it’s pink, it’s sweet, it tastes a little bit like wine in the same way that this resembles food!
On October 21st, 2007 at 11:25 am ,Andrew wrote:
I’m with Dr Debs on the sparkling front – but was thinking more Champagne than Cava. Guarenteed to elevate even the poorest food to new levels.
I thought the dish looked and sounded quite nice myself.
On October 21st, 2007 at 5:44 pm ,Gabrio Tosti wrote:
Considering that the burrito is already 920 calories I would suggest some water with it 🙂
On October 21st, 2007 at 9:47 pm ,JB wrote:
just thinking about this makes my stomach and head hurt.
On October 22nd, 2007 at 1:11 am ,Benito wrote:
Assuming you have the intestinal fortitude, I’d say that you really have to go with beer on this one. Eggs and kegs, my friend. Eggs and kegs.
But honestly, if I had to force this down in the AM alongside a glass of wine, I’d choose the lightest Pinot Grigio out there. One of those PGs that tastes like you took a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, drank it, and then filled up the empty bottle with tap water.
On October 22nd, 2007 at 1:26 pm ,Chad wrote:
If possible, a leftover bottle of champagne from the previous night’s party. Something bad enough to make you never want to eat this meal ever again.
On October 22nd, 2007 at 1:51 pm ,Steven wrote:
Something anodyne, like a rose. And a Tums.
On October 22nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm ,SandraL wrote:
Definitely some bubbles or acid! I would go Prosecco, Gruner Veltliner, or a dry Riesling. Verdejo too.
On October 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 pm ,Jennifer wrote:
My husband would say you need a tall pilsener glass of Hefeweizen, but I’m with most of the others on this one.
Something sparkling is the only way to cut through the fat…and 60 grams might take a lot of fat cutting…a great way to begin the day 😉
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On October 25th, 2007 at 4:14 pm ,winebroad wrote:
Great minds think alike: I posted an article on my blog last week about “breakfast wines,” based on a real-life taste test. Judging by the eggy-bacony-sausage-y goodness inside the Hardees burrito, I’d go with dry rose (still or sparkling), Chardonnay or, if you must have red, a light-style Pinot or Beaujolais.
On October 26th, 2007 at 10:03 pm ,Mark wrote:
This one’s not impossible, it’s easy – Barbera d’Asti! The cherry fruit would pair nicely with the ham and bacon, the acidity would cut through the fat, the light body would provide a nice contrast to the heaviness of the burrito and the earthiness would contrast well with the eggs.
On October 29th, 2007 at 12:51 pm ,Leio wrote:
I vote Asti Spumante.
On October 29th, 2007 at 1:38 pm ,Bobz wrote:
Since this is breakfast
Baxter’s Vineyards Old Nauvoo Concord Wine. Nauvoo, Illinois
A delightfully off-dry Concord that delivers the needed anti-oxidants to counter-act the LDL intake.
And, it adds the taste of the grape jelly you would normally put on your toast, completing the morning dining experience.
bobz
On November 13th, 2007 at 12:18 am ,Pet wrote:
i know very little about wine, except i like it. i grew up in a home where there was no wine at all, and i was probably 27 or 28 before i even tried it for the first time. i recently got engaged and have planned a picnic breakfast with wine for my husband and i to take in our first sunrise together after the wedding. can anyone one suggest a good wine that might go well with a more health minded breakfast meal, that will be comprised of fruit and whole grain bread and perhaps some smoked salmon or something like that? (we both tend to enjoy the reds more than the others, but i don’t know enough to be firm on anything at this point)
cheers!
pet
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bugey cerdon.