Fusilli with Green Chile Lamb Sausage in Eggplant Sauce with 'Icon'

Tonight’s dinner was Shepherd’s Lamb in Rao’s Eggplant Sauce, seasoned with granulated garlic and oregano. Shepherd’s Lamb Sausage was browned and pan-grilled to medium rare. Then the sausage was sliced and added to the sauce. The sauce was served over fusilli and served with a nice 1999 Ridge ‘Icon’ (73% Syrah, 16% Grenache; & 11% Mourvedre) - cork colored a mere 1/4 inch, bright ruby-garnet in color; good red and black fruit, with adeqaute acidity, and no tannins; with a nice medium-long red-black fruit finish.


Then for dessert we had Banfi Grappa di Montalcino and Badia á Coltibuono wood-aged Grappa di Sangiovese with a shared half a Cripp’s Pink Apple. It was a nice finish to a good light meal.