Mixed Drinks with Wine and Sekt

• 1 großer Apfel
• 1 Rolle Ziegenkäse
• 4 Scheiben Bacon
• 4 TL Honig
• 1 TL Thymian
• 4 Blätter Eichblattsalat
• frische Zweige Thymian zum Garnieren
• nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer

Preheat the grill to the highest setting.

Fry the bacon slices without fat in a non-stick frying pan until crispy and drain on a piece of kitchen paper. Leave the rendered fat in the pan.

Wash the apple, core it with a corer and then cut it into four, approx. 1 cm thick slices. Slowly fry the apple slices in the remaining bacon fat until just cooked, using the tip of a knife to check the doneness. Place the apple slices in a lightly greased baking dish, sprinkle with thyme and place a crispy fried bacon slice on top of each one.

Divide the goat's cheese into 4 thalers and place one thaler on each apple slice, sprinkle with thyme again and drizzle with 1 teaspoon of honey.

Bake under the grill until the cheese is lightly browned.

Serve the goat's cheese and apple tartlets on a lettuce leaf or, if you prefer, on a bed of lettuce (add a honey-flavoured dressing)

• Dornfelder (halbtrocken & feinherb)

• 500 ml Weißwein (Spätlese)
• 500 ml Geflügelbrühe
• 350 ml Sahne
• 30 Gramm Zwiebeln
• 30 Gramm Weißes vom Lauch
• 30 Gramm Sellerie
• 30 Gramm Karotten
• 30 Gramm Butter
• 180 Gramm Mehl
• 2 Lorbeerblätter
• 1 EL Butterschmalz
• 4 Scheiben Weißbrot
• Nach Belieben Zucker, Muskat, Zimt, Salz

Sauté the vegetables in butter until lightly browned, dust with flour and then add the vegetable stock, wine and 250 ml cream. Add the spices and simmer for approx. 15 minutes.

Remove the crusts from the slices of white bread and cut into 1 cm cubes. Fry in hot clarified butter until golden brown and season with cinnamon, whip the remaining cream until stiff.

<p> Strain the soup and flavour with nutmeg and salt.

Pour into deep plates, garnish with whipped cream and the cinnamon crusts.

• Müller-Thurgau (trocken)
• Silvaner (trocken)

• 1 ganzes Huhn
• 0,4 Liter Riesling
• 0,2 Liter Sahne
• 1 kl. Glas Cognac
• 2 Stück Schalotten
• 1 Stück Knoblauchzehe
• 1 Stück Eigelb
• 1/2 Bund Petersilie
• 1 EL Mehl
• 50 Gramm Butter
• 1 EL Olivenöl
• nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer

Carve the chicken. Heat approx. 50 g butter with 2 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan and fry the chicken pieces until light brown (without the lid). Season lightly with salt.

Finely chop the shallots, peel and finely chop the garlic. Chop the parsley and add everything to the meat. Sauté briefly with the pan closed. Pour the cognac over the meat and light it (flambé). Deglaze with 1/3 litre of Riesling and leave to simmer for half an hour over a low heat. If necessary, add a little more wine and simmer for a further 10 minutes.

Remove the chicken pieces and keep warm for a short time. Mix 1 tbsp of flour with 1 egg yolk and the cream and whisk into the sauce. Flavour with salt and pepper. Return the chicken pieces to the pan. Serve immediately.

This goes well with tagliatelle.

Variant:Fry 150 g fresh mushrooms in 50 g butter and add.

• Riesling (trocken)

• 250 Gramm Weizen- oder Dinkelmehl
• 150 Gramm Crème fraîche
• 150 Gramm körniger Frischkäse
• 2 säuerliche Äpfel
• 1 - 2 Zwiebeln
• 30 Gramm Walnüsse oder Haselnüsse
• 15 Gramm Hefe
• 1 EL Zucker
• 2 EL Olivenöl
• 2 Zweige frischer Thymian
• Nach Bedarf Salz & Pfeffer
• 200 ml warmes Wasser

For the yeast dough, sieve the flour into a bowl and make a well in it. Dissolve the yeast in a little warm water and pour into the well. Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave to rise for 10 minutes. Then knead the pre-dough with the dough hook of a hand mixer and gradually work in the warm water, the oil and a teaspoon of salt. Leave the kneaded dough to rise until it has doubled in volume (approx. half an hour, in a warm place).

Cut the onions into wedges. Roughly chop the nuts. Core the apples, cut into slices (the thicker the apple slices, the juicier the tarte flambée) and sprinkle with the sugar.

<p>After resting, divide the dough and roll out each half on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 220 °C (top and bottom heat)

Spread the crème fraîche evenly over the tarte flambée and top with the apple slices and onion wedges. Spread the fresh cheese on top and sprinkle with the walnuts. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.

Bake on the lowest shelf for 12-15 minutes and sprinkle with the fresh thyme before serving.

• Riesling (halbtrocken & feinherb)
• Riesling (lieblich)