Cooking with Kasteel
with Kasteel’s recipes and foodpairing tips.
Beer in or paired
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Cooking with beer has become a staple within the gastronomic scene, with both amateurs and top chefs alike experimenting with all manner of flavours and styles of beer. ‘Food pairing’ involves combining certain foods with certain beers, where the flavours of the dish should harmonise with the flavour profile of the chosen beer.
Tafel van Kasteel
For ‘Tafel van Kasteel’, we are joining forces with international restaurant and gastronomy guide Gault&Millau. Together, we are presenting a unique series that sees award-winning chefs take on the challenge of creating exciting, easy-to-prepare dishes using our Kasteel beers as a key ingredient.
Think creamy tiramisus with Kasteel Donker, or juicy chicken skewers marinated in Kasteel Tropical – all recipes you can easily make at home.
Sun, sea and Kasteel
For the first edition, we headed to the beach at Koksijde, where Chef Pedro from Ostend’s Hotel Du Parc prepared us three Belgian classics using Kasteel beer: prawn-stuffed tomatoes with a Kasteel Rouge-based cocktail sauce, sole with a Kasteel Tripel-based mousseline, and a tiramisu made with Kasteel Donker.
On the grill with Kasteel
Peter De Clercq, former world barbecue champion, treated guests at Tafel van Kasteel to a variety of meat and fish dishes, including chicken skewers with Kasteel Tropical and glazed spare ribs with Kasteel Donker. Each and every one of these BBQ dishes were finger-licking good!
Kasteel classics
Chef Jean Goire of Malmedy’s Hôtel du Moulin headed to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to whip up a few Belgian autumn and winter classics.
The Mastercooks of Belgium
The Mastercooks of Belgium is an organisation that brings together our country’s top chefs. It also nurtures young talent to promote Belgium’s internationally renowned cuisine. Their chefs were instantly won over by Kasteel, impressed by our specialty beers’ culinary qualities.
Fine dining with Kasteel
Impress your guests with recipes from The Mastercooks of Belgium. From racks of lamb with a Kasteel Rouge sauce to sabayons made with Barista Chocolate Quad, each dish is given extra depth thanks to the rich flavours of our Kasteel beers. Show off your culinary skills like a true top chef and wow your dinner guests with a meal they’ll remember for a long time to come.
Cooking with beer
Tips & tricks:
Pay attention to the bitterness of the beer. Blonde beers tend to be the most bitter and the most challenging to cook with. With darker and slightly sweeter beers, their bitterness levels are much more forgiving.
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Dare to cook with beer. As with any other dish, it is important to follow your own instincts. If a dish hasn’t worked, simply learn from your mistakes and try again.
