Apple Pearls with South Tyrol Bacon

Ingredients

• 6 sheets white gelatin
• 400 ml Gewürztraminer wine
• 2 apples (Golden Delicious)
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp sugar
• 125 ml apple juice
• 12 slices South Tyrolean bacon
• 4 slices mixed bread

Instructions

1. 1.

   Soak gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes. Warm a little Gewürztraminer, squeeze out the gelatin and dissolve it in the wine. Stir in the remaining Gewürztraminer and refrigerate to set for about 4 hours.

2. 2.

   Quarter the apples, core them, and cut small balls with a Paris fork cutter. Heat apple balls briefly in a pan with lemon juice, sugar, and apple juice. Drain on a sieve.

3. 3.

   Slice bacon into thin strips and crisp them in a hot pan. Let drain briefly on paper towels.

4. 4.

   Press the Gewürztraminer jelly through a potato ricer. Place apple pearls in glasses, arrange bacon strips over them, then pour the gelatin over everything. Cover each glass with a slice of bread and a piece of bacon.