Chef Gerard's Pork Rillette

Malama Farms in Haiku raises these gorgeous tropical fruit fed Bershire pigs.  So what does Gerard's French Restaurant in Lahaina and Malama Farms have in common!  The love of a big fat well fed Bershire pig! Gerard selects his own pig; and we do mean piggy wiggly while it's still squirming and squealing.  He later, after blessing this Godly being, reduces the whole pig to the finest charcuterie one can imagine!

Gerard's reputation alone sells these products..He has owend and
chefed in his fine French restaurant in Lahaina at the Plantation Inn
in the heart of Lahaina for over 30 years.

Pate of pork and pork liver...this country style pate will melt your heart!
Rillette: If you like Kalua pork, this will rock your world! The top
is sealed with rendered pork fat. This is to keep the product from
turning gray with oxidation,which it will still taste wonderful, just
not as pretty, pork pink! Pork belly reduced in a stock of leeks,
carrots, onions, garlic and parsley. The whole pig is simmered and
reduced in this fashion.

A Zinfandel that Snuggles Up to Maui's Best Gourmet Cheese Shop

This masculine zinfandel is a choice for any dinner table this holiday!  The Contra Costa Valley, a warm sunny region in the northern part of the central coast of California, is known for it's ability to birth generous and complex Zinfandel.  Neyers has expressed this special place brilliantly.  For you Zin lovers that adore the big black fruit, you will pleased with ripe lively blackberry bursting in your mouth.  But you won't be too overwhelmed because there's a nice minerality up front filtering the fruity and giving of floral and herb notes.  You'll definitely be ready for a second breath of this big boy!  

Holiday Cheese Plates

It's holiday time and party time and short on 'time' time.  

Well the answer to winning dishes at pot luck parties is not a dish, it's a platter!  

Don't re-invent the wheel or spend hours shopping, schlepping, prepping, doing dishes, cooking and cleaning, just head on down to your local cheese monger, if you're on Maui, that would be Guava Gouda & Caviar, and have them cut a slice of a few great cheeses.  Maui Cheese was limited to grocery market cheese until this last decade;  and now Cheese on Maui, is basically cheese from all over the world.  We like to recommend at least all three animals - cow, goat and sheep.   Try to pick cheese from  three different countries, so lets say cow from France, Sheep from Spain, and Goat from the USA!  

Now make sure you have three textures, creamy, soft, and aged, or somewhere in the middle of each. 

You can't go wrong with cheese.  It's a no-brainer.  

Gift Baskets on Maui

We've been making Gift Baskets for over a decade and have discovered the beauty of simplicity!  Although we have many gift basket ideas that are pre-designed for your convenience, we also offer a great service with Custom Gift Basket Ideas.  They are very easy to put together;  you can design your own in the shop in a matter of minutes - we have everything you need.  What a great gift for the "Gourmand"  in your circles of friends.  You know the one!  The one that has everything and knows everything already.  We are here to assist you in putting together specialty items that are sure to blow them away.  Over 100 wines to choose from,  a top shelf collection of fine spirits, obscure liquors and dessert wines from all over the world, cheese that can't be found anywhere else on the island and all the necessary accoutrements.  Guava Gouda & Caviar prides itself on offering quality gift baskets to suit any budget.  And, we deliver to most of the island of Maui and offer overnight shipping throughout the Hawaiian Islands!

Unreal Housewives of Wailea: Gorganzola Bread Pudding

Nancy’s Gorganzola Bread Pudding

2 Tbs. Olive Oil

2 Red Onions Chopped

1 Cup Red wine

1 Tbs. Fresh Thyme – minced

1 One pound loaf of good bread – cut into 1/3 inch slices

4 eggs

4 cups whole milk or cream

8 oz. Gorgonzola, crumbled

salt and pepper to taste

In a large sauté pan, sauté onions in olive oil until beginning to brown.

Add Wine and and cook until all liquid is evaporated.

Stir in Fresh Thyme.

In a large bowl, beat eggs.

Add milk, salt and peper.

In an 8x14 casserole dish, cover bottom with 1 layer of bread

Sprinkle ½ of Gorgonzola and 1@ of onion mixture over bread.

Repaeat. 

Pour egg mixture over the bread layers and press down with hands to allow top layer absorbe liquid.

Sit for 4 hours min.  better over night.

Bake for 45 minutes – and hour, until brown on top

Rest 10-20 minutes before serving

Serves 10-12

It's Pink, But it's not Guava

Zardetto Vino Spumante Rose NV

Guava Gouda and Caviar is always on the look out for wines that fit your budget and the Maui Climate.  All of the Wines are available to Taste at our Wine Tasting Bar, the only one in Wailea, pretty much nightly.  We are partial to bubbles and big reds and this little bubbly makes us bubbly with cheer!  Refreshing Ripe Strawberries bursting with Bubbles from the Veneto in Italy.  We love this casually elegant  Sparkler because it is perfect for a warm holiday afternoon.  Whether it's a late breakfast, lunch, early dinner, sunset, or night cap, These bubbles are somehow alway feeling appropriate, fun, romantic and delicious!  Even if you didn't come to Maui to get married, some pink bubbles might be just what the doctor ordered.