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I’m not sure if I ever mentioned this, but before I was ever a food blogger, or ever knew that food blogging was even a thing, I worked in research. I spent the last 5 years working as a research coordinator for a handful of different cancer research studies. I’ve seen firsthand the impact that research and clinical trials can have on the care and treatment of patients, so when ONEHOPE Wine asked me to partner with them for their Drink Pink campaign in the fight against breast cancer, of course I was all in. ONEHOPE Wine supports a number of different causes, but this month a portion of all proceeds from their pink bottles goes toward breast cancer research. Every two bottles purchased will fund a clinical trial for one woman with breast cancer. I literally can’t think of a better reason to drink a bottle of wine.
I decided to incorporate ONEHOPE’s Chardonnay into these Raspberry Chardonnay Trifles. You’ve probably had trifles before (or maybe an Eton Mess!?), but have you ever had them made quite like this? The wine-infused sauce is what sets these apart from all other trifles. It’s made with just 3 ingredients, Chardonnay, sugar, and (of course) raspberries. To make the sauce, you’ll combine your ONEHOPE Chardonnay and a quarter cup of sugar in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil. You’ll simmer the champagne until it’s volume is reduced in half. This gives us an extra concentrated, slightly sweetened chardonnay that we’ll then add our raspberries to.
The resulting flavor is incredible, it just tastes as bright and sparkly as the bottle. I understand there will be a lot of temptation to just finish off the sauce with a spoon, but I promise it’s even better once you layer it with your angel food cake and homemade whipped cream. The chardonnay sauce soaks into the angel food cake quickly making for a richly flavored treat that’s sweet, but light and refreshing, too. Then I’d suggest pairing this treat with the remainder of your ONEHOPE Chardonnay. I’ll be the first to admit I know just about nothing about pairing wine with food, but Zach and I finished off the bottle while we inhaled our trifles, and I couldn’t imagine a better pairing.
I hope you’ll head over to ONEHOPE’s website and pick up a pretty, glittery (or non-glittery, they do have those too!) pink bottle to share with someone you love today! If you have any raspberries left over, save them to make a batch of my raspberry cake filling! Enjoy!
