I never thought I'd be saying Black Forest gateau and Stornoway black pudding in the same sentence.
I never thought I'd be saying Black Forest gateau and Stornoway black pudding in the same sentence.
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by Cate Devine
Bear with me, the two are not unrelated.
It was announced this week that after a lengthy European bureaucratic process the cherry, chocolate and cream cake originating in Badem-Wurttemberg in Germany has been granted protected status – which means it can only be called Black Forest gateau if it's made from cherries grown in the place that carries its name. Cheaper imitations – those that don't use the expensive tart German cherries soaked in their own kirsch – will have to be called something else.
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I never thought I'd be saying Black Forest gateau and Stornoway black pudding in the same sentence.
Bear with me, the two are not unrelated.
It was announced this week that after a lengthy European bureaucratic process the cherry, chocolate and cream cake originating in Badem-Wurttemberg in Germany has been granted protected status – which means it can only be called Black Forest gateau if it's made from cherries grown in the place that carries its name. Cheaper imitations – those that don't use the expensive tart German cherries soaked in their own kirsch – will have to be called something else.
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