Threw together some simple peasant fare: fried potatoes onions, sauteed cabbage and thinly sliced longitudinally hot dogs - the good ones without nitrates. It's still cold in February and I was looking to move out some holdover winter vegetables.
The meal was surprisingly good. I haven't cooked this dish in well over a decade, but it's as good as I remember. Most surprisingly was the KT liked it a lot too....in fact, no leftovers can be found.
To match this simple, hearty repast, I first opened a gevurtztraminer from NE Italy. Colterenzio I think is the producer. It was so lovely, almost ethereal, with...yes, hints of alpine wildflowers and cool brisk mountain air. Just a lovely wine, yet not exactly what I was looking for in a match. So I proceeded to open a riesling from Alsace, Trimbach to be exact. It too was just exquisite and actually quite different from the riesling I was expecting. Very little residual sugar. Tight, bracing and a nice whiff of petrol on the nose. Very satisfying.
So NE Italy, NE France wines paired very nicely with the simple german fare. Wines of place and very much at home with food or in a meditation pose.
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