Mixed Drinks with Wine and Sekt

• 750 Gramm Butternut-Kürbis(se)
• 3 kleine Zwiebeln
• 2 Zehen Knoblauch
• 1 Becher Crème fraîche
• 250 ml trockener Weißwein
• 500 ml Gemüsebrühe
• 25 Gramm Parmesan oder ähnlicher Hartkäse
• 400 Gramm Spaghetti oder andere Nudeln
• nach Geschmack Salz, Pfeffer, Zucker
• 4 EL Kürbiskerne, evtl. gehackt
• nach Belieben Muskat, Thymian

Sauté the garlic and onions until translucent. Dice the butternut squash and add, season with pepper and sugar. When the cubes are still firm, pour in the white wine and vegetable stock. Continue cooking until the squash is firm to the bite.

In the meantime, cook and drain the pasta.

Add the thyme, nutmeg, salt and crème fraîche to the boiling pumpkin, bring to the boil and thicken. Stir in the parmesan and season to taste. You can also crush some diced pumpkin to make the sauce sweeter.

Arrange the pasta on plates and top with the pumpkin sauce.

Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.

• Scheurebe (trocken)

• 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)

• 2 ganze Zucchini
• 3 EL Rapsöl
• 1 kleine Schalotte
• 300 Gramm Pfifferlinge
• 1 Msp. gemahlener Piment
• 2 Bund Rucola
• je 1/2 Bund Kerbel u. glatte Petersilie
• je 3 EL Walnuss- u. Rapsöl
• 4 Stück Ziegenkäse-Taler
• 1 Prise Zucker
• nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer

Salad:

Wash the courgettes and slice thinly. Place in a bowl and mix with the oil.

Heat a grill pan and fry the courgettes in batches until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper, place in a bowl.

<p>Peel and finely dice the shallot. Clean the chanterelles, wash if necessary and pat dry. Depending on size, cut in half if necessary.

<p>Sauté the shallot in a pan until translucent. Add the chanterelles and fry vigorously for 3 minutes while stirring. Season with salt, pepper and allspice. Add to the courgettes. Wash the rocket and spin dry.

Dressing:

Wash the herbs, shake dry. Pluck the leaves, blend finely with both types of oil and vinegar in a blender or with a hand blender. Flavour with salt, pepper and sugar. Pour over the courgette and chanterelle mix and mix loosely with the rocket. Arrange on plates, sprinkle with goat's cheese.

• Pinot Blanc (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)