Wine spritzers

• 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)

• 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)

• 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.

<p>Cinnamon ice cream:

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)

• 1 kg Schweinekamm
• 2-3 ganze Zwiebeln
• nach Belieben Lorbeerblätter, ganze Nelken, gemahlener Kümmel, Pfefferkörner
• 500 ml Rivaner oder Silvaner
• nach Geschmack Salz & Pfeffer

A few days before preparation, have a piece of pork neck picked up from the butcher. Alternatively, salt and pepper the pork neck yourself before preparation. The day before, cut into the pork neck with a sharp knife at a distance of approx. 1.5 cm, but do not cut all the way through.

Peel 2-3 onions, halve and cut into rings. Prepare the bay leaves, cloves, caraway seeds and pepper. Place a few slices of onion, a clove, some ground cloves and pepper in the incisions and a bay leaf in every other incision. Place the remaining onions, one or two cloves and a bay leaf in a large roasting tube, place the meat on top and pour in the white wine. Close the roasting tube tightly and leave the meat to marinate overnight in the fridge.

Then place the roasting tube on the cold oven rack and cook for approx. 1½ to 2 hours at 200 °C (gas mark 4, fan oven 180 °C).

• Müller-Thurgau (halbtrocken & feinherb)
• Silvaner (halbtrocken & feinherb)