Spirits pairings for Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Bourbon & American whiskey

Vanilla, caramel, charred-oak sweetness.

Why it works with Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Hop bitterness, gentle malt sweetness, and herbal-acid pours all tame chili and round out curry richness.

Liqueurs & digestifs

130 herbs, bracingly complex.

Why it works with Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Hop bitterness, gentle malt sweetness, and herbal-acid pours all tame chili and round out curry richness.

Liqueurs & digestifs

Aged French brandy.

Why it works with Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Sweet-roasty, citrus-edged, and bitter-soft pours all keep dessert from cloying.

Rum

Molasses, coffee, baking spice.

Why it works with Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Hop bitterness, gentle malt sweetness, and herbal-acid pours all tame chili and round out curry richness.

Scotch & Irish whiskey

Smoke, brine, iodine.

Why it works with Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Salty-mineral, dry, and faintly smoky pours mirror brine and bring out shellfish sweetness.

Liqueurs & digestifs

Aromatic, lightly fortified, served chilled.

Why it works with Seared Scallops With Sweet Potato Puree Yellow Curry Sauce

Salty-mineral, dry, and faintly smoky pours mirror brine and bring out shellfish sweetness.