Wine spritzers

On a hot summer’s day, a well-chilled wine spritzer – consisting in roughly equal parts of fresh white wine and sparkling mineral water – is pure enjoyment.

1 : 1

is the mixing ratio usually
30 %

wine in a summer spritzer

The classic is a Riesling spritzer, because this grape variety contains a fresh, fruity acidity and aromas reminiscent of apples, peach and grapefruit. However, other grape varieties are excellently suited as well:

If you prefer a milder acidity, you might like to try using Müller-Thurgau or Silvaner as the wine component.

These days, rosé spritzer is becoming more and more fashionable. It’s a bit more expressive on the palate than a white spritzer and boasts a lovely summerly colour.

And, of course, red wine spritzers have their devotees as well. If you’re one of them, you should preferably use grape varieties that are low in tannins, such as Portugieser, Pinot Noir and Meunier (Schwarzriesling), since tannins and carbonic acid do not harmonize.

Combined with mineral water, the chosen wine makes for a fruity-fresh summer drink.

It's all in the mix

Traditionally, you mix wine and water in equal parts for a spritzer. The resulting drink has an alcohol content of 5-6 % vol. If you prefer a stronger drink, you might increase the wine ratio a little.

As a rule, you use dry wine for a spritzer, but that’s as much a matter of personal taste as it is with wine in general. Using semi-dry or even sweet wine simply results in a less tangy spritzer.

The water used for the spritzer should have as little of its own taste as possible, otherwise it might cover the wine’s aromas too much. As far as the carbonic acid content is concerned, we suggest medium to strongly sparkling mineral water. And if you have a really sweet tooth, you can try and prepare your wine spritzer with lemon soda rather than mineral water.

What does a Palatine understand by "Trollschobbe"?

The Palatine Trollschobbe is a spritzer made from wine and sparkling wine, i.e. much more substantial than the conventional spritzer made from wine and water.

Varietals

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)

with blueberries Banana and parsley waffles

with blueberries

25 Gramm glatte Petersilie
200 ml Milch
2 Eier Größe L
70 Gramm Zucker
1 Päckchen Vanillezucker
100 ml Öl
75 Gramm Naturjoghurt
nach Belieben Butterschmalz oder Pfannenfett
300 ml Sahne
1 halbe Vanilleschote
2,5 EL Puderzucker
500 Gramm Blaubeeren
100 ml weißer Traubensaft
250 Gramm Mehl
1 TL Backpulver
200 Gramm überreife Bananen
eine Prise Meersalz

Dough:

Mix the flour, 1 pinch of salt and baking powder in a bowl and set aside.

Blend the bananas and parsley with 100 ml milk to a fine puree. Put to one side.

Separate the eggs. Mix the egg yolks with 20 g sugar, vanilla sugar, oil and banana puree until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture, milk and yoghurt with a whisk.

Beat the egg whites with 1 pinch of salt and the remaining sugar until stiff. Fold the beaten egg whites into the batter.

Topping:

Whip the cream with the seeds from the vanilla pod and 1.5 tbsp icing sugar until creamy (not too stiff!). Leave to cool.

Heat a large pan, lightly caramelise 1 tbsp of icing sugar, add the blueberries and toss briefly, deglaze with the grape juice and allow to reduce briefly.

Preheat the waffle iron and melt the clarified butter. Brush the waffle iron with a little clarified butter, ladle in the batter in batches and bake until golden brown. Serve with the topping.