Mixed Drinks with Wine and Sekt

• 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)

• 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)

• 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.

• Scheurebe (süß & edelsüß)
• Silvaner (süß & edelsüß)

• 800 Gramm Fleisch vom Wildschwein (Keule o. Schulter)
• 80 Gramm Bauchspeck
• 100 Gramm Zwiebeln
• 60 Gramm Karotten
• 60 Gramm Staudensellerie
• 1 TL Tomatenmark
• 200 ml kräftigen Rotwein
• 100 ml Portwein
• 1 Liter braune Wildbrühe
• 1 TL Preiselbeeren
• 1 EL geschlagene Sahne o. Sauerrahm
• 20 Gramm Mehl
• 1 Stück Lorbeerblatt
• je 1 Zweig Rosmarin und Thymian
• 4 zerdrückte Wacholderbeeren
• 1/2 TL Senf
• nach Belieben Salz & Pfeffer

Clean and wash the vegetables and cut into evenly sized cubes.

Remove the fat, skin and tendons from the wild boar meat and cut into 3 cm cubes. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with flour. Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the meat on all sides. Add the vegetables and diced bacon and fry. Add the tomato purée and stir fry. Deglaze with the red wine and port, reduce and pour in the brown game stock. Add the spices to the meat in a small spice bag and leave the ragout to simmer in the oven at 160°C for approx. 1½ hours.

Then remove the pieces of meat, remove the spices, strain the sauce, add the cranberries and mustard and leave to reduce for about 15 minutes. If necessary, thicken with a little cornflour. Serve with the whipped cream.

• Spätburgunder / Pinot Noir (trocken)