Mixed Drinks with Wine and Sekt

• 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)

• 2 Stück Eigelb
• 60 ml Ziegenmilch
• 500 Gramm weiße Kuvertüre
• 125 ml Sahne
• Abrieb und Saft einer halben Orange
• 2 cl Tresterbrand
• 8 Blatt Minze
• 125 Gramm Mehl

Semi-frozen goat's milk: Beat the egg yolks and goat's milk in a bowl over a hot bain-marie until creamy. Remove from the bain-marie and beat the cream until cold. Flavour with the zest of the orange and the marc brandy.

Liquefy the couverture in a bain-marie and stir into the lukewarm egg mixture. Whip the cream until stiff and carefully fold in. Line a parfait tin (triangular or gutter shape) with cling film. Pour in the mixture and smooth out. Cover well with cling film and leave to freeze in the freezer for at least 8 hours.

About 20 minutes before serving, remove the mould from the freezer and turn the parfait out of the mould. Remove the foil and cut the semi-frozen parfait into 8 slices.

<p>Lavender wafers: Lightly mash the butter in a mixing bowl with a fork. Add the sugar and stir a little. Add half of the milk, the lavender sugar and the baking powder. Stir in the eggs and finally the rest of the milk. Mix everything well with a hand mixer for about 2 minutes to create a homogeneous, slightly liquid mixture. Bake the batter in batches in a waffle iron until golden brown.</p

<p>Arrange 2 slices of semifreddo on each waffle on a flat plate and decorate with mint leaves.

• Riesling (halbtrocken & feinherb)

• 1kg weißer Spargel
• 1kg grüner Spargel
• 200g Butter
• 1 TL Zucker
• 2-4 EL Walnussöl
• 600g Tagliatelle
• 1 Prise Salz und Pfeffer
• 200 ml Schlagsahne
• 1 Spritzer Zitronensaft
• 8 Bärlauchblätter

Preparation:

Peel the asparagus (green asparagus only in the lower third), cut off the ends. Cut each spear in half lengthways and cut the halves in half. Cut the halves into 3 – 5 cm long pieces.

Heat the butter in a large pan, add the sugar. Caramelise briefly. Add the oil and asparagus and cook over a medium heat for approx. 10 mins. until al dente, tossing occasionally.

In the meantime, cook the tagliatelle in boiling salted water according to the pack instructions until al dente.

Pour the cream into the asparagus and reduce until creamy. Season the asparagus with salt, pepper and lemon juice.

Rinse the pasta, drain and mix with the asparagus. Cut the spring onions into strips and fold in.

Wine recommendation:

Silvaner Spätlese dry

• 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)