Mixed Drinks with Wine and Sekt

• 150 Gramm Wildkräuter
• 4 EL Olivenöl
• 2 EL Balsamessig
• 8 Stück Wildentenbrüste (a 100g)
• 2 EL Sonnenblumenöl
• 4 EL Honig
• 1 EL Thymian
• 200 Gramm Steinpilze
• 20 gekochte Maronen
• 100 ml Apfelsaft
• 2 El Zucker
• nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer

Clean, wash and pat dry the wild herbs. Marinate with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and season with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 220°C top and bottom heat. Season the wild duck breasts with salt and pepper, sear on the meat side in a pan with sunflower oil and cook in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes on the skin side. Remove the duck breast, brush the skin side with honey and thyme and roast for another 2 minutes on a high heat until crispy.

Clean the porcini mushrooms and cut into slices. Fry in a pan in oil on both sides, remove and keep warm. Caramelise the sugar in the pan, deglaze with the apple juice and simmer until the caramel has dissolved. Add the chestnuts and add a little more apple juice if necessary.

• Pinot Blanc (trocken)
• Gutedel (trocken)

• 1 kg Äpfel
• 250 Gramm Semmelbrösel
• 125 Gramm Zucker
• 2 EL Butter
• 1/2 TL Zimt
• 1 Msp. gemahlene Nelken
• 50 Gramm Rosinen
• 100 ml trockener Weißwein
• 1 EL Rum
• zum Bestreuen Zimt & Zucker

Sauté the breadcrumbs, butter, spices and 2 tbsp sugar in a pan. Peel the apples and cut into slices. Sauté in white wine with rum and sugar until the liquid has almost evaporated.

<p>Fill the greased springform tin alternately with the breadcrumb mixture and apples (bottom and top layer of breadcrumb mixture).

Bake for one ½ hour at 140 °C. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

• Riesling (lieblich)

• 800 Gramm Fleisch vom Wildschwein (Keule o. Schulter)
• 80 Gramm Bauchspeck
• 100 Gramm Zwiebeln
• 60 Gramm Karotten
• 60 Gramm Staudensellerie
• 1 TL Tomatenmark
• 200 ml kräftigen Rotwein
• 100 ml Portwein
• 1 Liter braune Wildbrühe
• 1 TL Preiselbeeren
• 1 EL geschlagene Sahne o. Sauerrahm
• 20 Gramm Mehl
• 1 Stück Lorbeerblatt
• je 1 Zweig Rosmarin und Thymian
• 4 zerdrückte Wacholderbeeren
• 1/2 TL Senf
• nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer

Clean and wash the vegetables and cut into evenly sized cubes.

Remove the fat, skin and tendons from the wild boar meat and cut into 3 cm cubes. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with flour. Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the meat on all sides. Add the vegetables and diced bacon and fry. Add the tomato purée and stir fry. Deglaze with the red wine and port, reduce and pour in the brown game stock. Add the spices to the meat in a small spice bag and leave the ragout to simmer in the oven at 160°C for approx. 1½ hours.

Then remove the pieces of meat, remove the spices, strain the sauce, add the cranberries and mustard and leave to reduce for about 15 minutes. If necessary, thicken with a little cornflour. Serve with the whipped cream.

• Spätburgunder / Pinot Noir (trocken)

• 300 Gramm geschälte Kartoffeln
• 100 Gramm Wurzelgemüse
• 100 Gramm Waldpilze
• 1 ganze Zwiebel
• 1 ganze Knoblauchzehe
• 30 Gramm Speckwürfel
• 40 Gramm Margarine
• 750 ml Brühe
• 200 ml Sahne
• 1 Zweig Thymian
• nach Belieben Petersilie, Butter, Salz, Pfeffer, Muskat

Clean, wash and finely dice the root vegetables. Finely dice the onion and garlic clove and finely chop the thyme. Sauté the diced bacon with the margarine in a pan until lightly browned, add the diced onion, garlic, root vegetables and thyme. Sauté, add the stock and cook for 2 minutes.

Finely grate the potatoes, add to the soup and cook for a further 5 minutes, add the cream, season and flavour. Clean, wash and chop the mushrooms and sauté in a pan with butter. Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with chopped parsley and pour over the soup when serving.

• Riesling (trocken)
• Riesling (halbtrocken & feinherb)