This week’s Dinner Tonight edition features two dishes and wine matches from Elle restaurant and a tasty seafood special and wine pairing from AJ’s Fine Foods.

Jeff Fuld, proprietor of Elle, suggests the following two dishes with wines to match for only $22 valid until July 5th:

marinated seafood salad with shrimp, clams, calamari, and mussels in extra virgin olive oil with olives, capers and herbs and paired with a Principe Pallavicini Frascati 2005 from the Lazio region of Italy.  The wine sports a lemony and apple pie crust aroma with a crisp finish.

The second dish is a traditional Spaghetti ala Carbonara; spaghetti tossed in a sauce of bacon, caramelized onion and egg yolk with a hint of parmesan.  The entrée is paired with a Massimi berucci “hyperius” cesanese d’affile 2004.  From the Cesanese grape, this wine reveals a sweet meatiness, notes of chocolate, toast and leather.  On the palate, cherry and mocha flavors predominate and then soften as the wine aerates. 

For more information, please visit www.ellerestaurant.com.

From AJ’s Fine Foods comes an exciting and flavorful Tuna dish.  Marinate their on sale Ahi Tuna with wasabi panko crumb crust and sauté until desired tenderness and color.  Pair the tuna with the Calosi Sicilian Rosso Nero d’Avola 2006 for $10.99. The wine portrays aromas of grilled meat and plum with soft tannins….a lovely match.

For more information, please visit www.ajsfinefoods.com.

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