Mixed Drinks with Wine and Sekt
Anyone looking for new, sometimes exotic flavours can create wonderful mixed drinks with wine, sparkling wine, spirits and other ingredients.
Facts
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4cl
Orange juice
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2cl
Grenadine
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1cl
Lemon juice
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top up with sparkling wine
and serve as "German Glory"
Here are a few recipe ideas for a successful mix with Wine and Sekt.
Hawaii classic
6 cl Scheurebe Spätlese
4 cl pineapple juice
4 cl orange juice
1 cl peach nectar
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cl peach liqueur
Shake the ingredients briefly in a shaker with 3 ice cubes. Pour into a long-drink glass and add crushed ice or 4 ice cubes. Garnish with a slice of lime and a slice of pineapple or peach quarter.
Midnight magic
6 cl noble-sweet Riesling
2 cl brandy (preferably a Riesling brandy from the winegrower)
2 cl pineapple juice
1 tbsp lemon juice
Riesling sparkling wine brut
Shake the Riesling with the brandy, pineapple juice and lemon juice in a shaker with 3 ice cubes. Pour into a long-drink glass and top up with sparkling wine. Garnish with a slice of pineapple.
Kir Imperial
2 cl raspberry liqueur
Chasselas or Pinot Blanc
Pour the liqueur into a 0.2 litre wine glass and top up with the chilled wine.
Kir (aperitif)
2 cl Crême de Cassis
grey or white Burgundy
Pour the cassis into a 0.2 litre wine glass and top up with the chilled wine.
German Glory (aperitif)
4 cl orange juice
2 cl grenadine
1 cl lemon juice
Pinot Blanc sparkling wine brut
Stir the juice and grenadine well in a champagne glass with 3 ice cubes or 2 tablespoons of crushed ice. Top up with sparkling wine and stir once slowly. Garnish with half a slice of orange.
Hollywood
3 cl orange liqueur
3 cl grapefruit juice
10 cl Riesling or Pinot Blanc sparkling wine brut
Shake the liqueur with the juice and 3 ice cubes in a shaker. Pour into a champagne glass and top up with the sparkling wine. Garnish with half a slice of orange.
What does mixability mean?
Miscibility of an ingredient with other spirits, drinks or juices, especially regarding flavour and aroma aspects. Please not: Wine brings along its own flavours.
Varietals
with bulgur Cabbage stew
with bulgur
- 200 Gramm Zwiebeln
- 1 ganze Knoblauchzehe
- 800 Gramm Spitzkohl
- 200 Gramm Möhren
- 400 Gramm festk. Kartoffeln
- 1 EL Kümmelsaat
- 1,5 Liter Gemüsefond
- 5 EL Olivenöl
- 2 EL Tomatenmark
- 2 EL edelsüßes Paprikapulver
- 3 TL Honig
- nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer
- 120 Gramm grobe Bulgur
- 1 Bund Petersilie
- 4 Stiele Minze
- 1 ganze Zitrone
- 2 ganze Äpfel
- 3 EL Obstessig
Finely dice the onions and garlic. Clean, wash and quarter the cabbage, remove the stalk and roughly chop the cabbage quarters. Peel the carrots, halve lengthways and cut into approx. 2 cm wide pieces. Peel the potatoes and cut into approx. 2.5 cm pieces. Fry the carrots in a pan without fat and set aside.
Heat the vegetable stock in a small pan. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a large pan, sauté the cabbage in it for 10-15 minutes over a high heat until dark brown and remove from the pan.
Add the remaining oil to the pan. Fry the onions and garlic until translucent. Add the potatoes and muesli and sauté for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the tomato purée and paprika powder and fry while stirring. Add the cabbage, honey and caraway and pour in the hot vegetable stock. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Add the bulgur 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
Quarter the apples, remove the seeds, cut into approx. 1 cm cubes and add 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Pluck the herbs and chop medium-fine. Wash and dry the lemon, finely grate the zest and mix with the herbs. Flavour the stew with vinegar, salt and pepper and serve sprinkled with the herbs.
Tip: The pointed cabbage must be roasted really strongly and dark so that the aromas come out well.
- Spätburgunder / Pinot Noir (trocken)
- Trollinger (trocken)
with shrimps Pumpkin soup
with shrimps
- 1 kleiner Hokkaido-Kürbis
- 1 Zwiebel
- 5 cm Ingwer
- 2 EL Butter
- 750 ml Gemüsebrühe
- 300 ml Kokosmilch
- 12 mittelgroße Shrimps
- 2 EL Olivenöl
- Eine Prise Salz & Pfeffer
Peel and dice the pumpkin, onion and ginger and sauté in the butter.
Deglaze with the vegetable stock and sauté for about 15 to 20 minutes until soft.
Sauté the shrimps in a little olive oil and leave to cook over a low heat for a few minutes. Place on wooden skewers and keep warm in aluminium foil.
When the vegetables have been steamed until soft, blend finely with a hand blender. Stir in the coconut milk and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve the soup in large cups and garnish with the shrimp skewers.
Freshly baked white bread goes well with this.
- Muskateller (halbtrocken & feinherb)
- Federweißer (brut nature)
a Christmassy dessert Plum roaster with cinnamon ice cream
a Christmassy dessert
- 1 kg Zwetschgen (frisch oder TK)
- 100 Gramm Zucker
- 0.5 TL gemahlener Zimt
- Eine Prise Nelkenpulver
- 50 ml Pflaumenschnaps
- 50 Gramm dunkler Rohrzucker
- 2 EL alter Balsamicoessig
- 200 Gramm Zucker
- 4 Eigelb
- 500 ml Sahne
Plum rings:
Wash, deseed and quarter the plums. Spread the sugar evenly in a non-stick pan and melt slowly over a medium heat. Increase the temperature and immediately add the fruit, schnapps and spices. Stir until the mixture caramelises.
Stir in the muscovado sugar and balsamic vinegar, spread onto a cold plate after approx. 3 minutes.
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Combine the sugar and egg yolks and stir the two ingredients over a bain-marie until frothy.
Whip the cream, then carefully mix both mixtures and add three teaspoons of cinnamon. Carefully mix the cinnamon into the mixture again.
Pour the finished mixture into any (cake) tin or small dish, cover with aluminium foil and place in the freezer for at least three hours.
Place the plums on four deep plates or small bowls, cut off 2 – 3 ice lollies each and place on top, serve immediately.
- Gewürztraminer (trocken)
the classic with a difference Franconian cider soup
the classic with a difference
- 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.
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Pour into deep plates, garnish with whipped cream and the cinnamon crusts.
- Müller-Thurgau (trocken)
- Silvaner (trocken)