Celebrate New Year's Eve with Aischgründer Carp

Celebrate New Year's Eve with Aischgründer Carp

Why not celebrate New Year's Eve with Aischgründer carp? We were in for a few days Bad Windsheim and the surrounding area. Among other things, we visited the Carp Museum in Neustadt an der Aisch. In an old building by the town wall, visitors can learn everything there is to know about the Aischgrund carp - and that's a lot. It's about carp farming and what to look out for. It also shows the tools used to care for the carp in the ponds. And you also learn that carp farming in the Aisch valley was of interest to Bavarian kings. We learned everything about the life cycle of a carp and admired the table culture that plays a big role in the festive carp meal. Carp is an essential part of a traditional New Year's Eve menu. We have also selected accommodations where you can plan a New Year's Eve celebration with an overnight stay.

The tradition of the Aischgründer carp

This tradition is also maintained in Bad Windsheimer Aischgrund. The Bavarian Aisch Valley is the largest carp breeding area in Germany. There is no place where you can taste this fish better than in the “Wirtshaus am Freilandmuseum“ in Bad Windsheim. Karl Rienecker, the owner of the inn, knows how to prepare carp in a traditional way, but also in an unusual way. Baked or blue carp, carp pans or as carp fillet on chilli sauerkraut - these are just a few of the recipes by which he serves the tasty fish to his guests. They like to enjoy his 3-course carp menu.

Already in the Middle Ages, Cistercian monks laid numerous donut ponds in the Franconian Aischgrund. Fish played an important role, especially during Lent, and the demand was accordingly high. The water of the Aisch also provided sufficient water for the carp ponds, of which there are still more than 2300 for raising fish in the entire Aisch valley.

Aischgründer carp fresh on the table

Karl Rienecker owns three of these carp ponds with space for up to 200 carp. Right next to the Aisch, very close to his restaurant. The water has to be fresh. A permeable sandy bottom is also important. Otherwise the fish tastes musty. "I feed them wheat from my own cultivation and switch to barley and rye at the end of the summer," says Rienecker. "That way they don't get too fat. Instead, they mature into tasty fish." His carp weigh up to three pounds when they are finally fished out of the water after three years and put into the pan or pot. And that's only in the months with an "r" - that is, from September to April.

In Bad Windsheim, where over thirty brewers once made the popular beer, the fish must match the beer. And so there is a dark museum beer for carp sausages and for carp on chilli herb — self-brewed, of course, in the Bad Windsheim open-air museum. Rienecker's carp dishes are now known far beyond the town. And so every autumn numerous visitors come to the "Aischgründer Karpfen-Schmeckerwochen", which take place in September and October. There is even a Aischgründer carp queen, You can also celebrate New Year's Eve with Aischgründer carp

New Year's Eve celebrate at home

If you can't manage it, or would like to cook your own carp for New Year's Eve, these two recipes are definitely a good idea. Celebrating New Year's Eve with Aischgründer carp is really easy.

Aischgründer carp baked

Ingredients:

• A gutted carp that is split along the spine
• Salt,
• Pfeffer,
• Flour,
• Semolina,
• clarified butter

Preparation:

Aischgründer carp blue

Ingredients:

• 1/2 carp carp per person,
• 3 liters of water,
• 1/4 liter of vinegar
• 1 tsp salt,
• 2 tablespoons of sugar,
• 5 white peppercorns,
• 10 juniper berries,
• 1/2 part mustard seeds,
• 2 bay leaves,
• 5 carnations,
• 1/2 pound onions (cut into rings)

Preparation:

Celebrate New Year's Eve with an overnight stay and Aischgründer carp

You can celebrate New Year's Eve in these hotels, with overnight stay. These are definitely accommodations where Aischgrund carp is on the menu. You can reserve a room by clicking on the name of the hotel / inn:

Country Hotel 3 Crowns *:
Str. 8
91325 Adelsdorf

Restaurant: Mon – Sun, 11.30 am – 14 pm and 17.30 pm – 22 pm

Landgasthof Zum Schwarzen Adler * 
Ulsenheim 97
91478 market Nordheim

Restaurant: Tue, Thu-Sat 11.30 am – 13.30 pm and 17.30 pm – 21.30 pm, Sun 11 am – 14 pm and 17 pm – 20 pm

Landgasthof Goldener Stern * 
Hauptstraße 2
90619 Trautskirchen

Restaurant: Fri - Wed

Fränkischer Landgasthof Weichlein *
Weingartsgreuth 20
96193 Wachenroth

Restaurant: Tue - DO 17.30 - 23 o'clock, Fri + Sat 11.30 - 14 o'clock 18 - 22 o'clock, Su 11.30 - 14 o'clock 17.30 - 21 o'clock

Conclusion: With Aischgründer carp can celebrate New Year's Eve perfectly

Regardless of whether you prefer to organize your New Year's Eve celebration at home, celebrate with a good meal on New Year's Eve or a short trip over the turn of the year, you can combine this perfectly with an Aischfounder carp. Of course, this tastes not only on New Year's Eve. Carp is on the menu in the Aisch region between September and April. However, he is one of the Franconian specialties, which is only available at certain times of the year. During the summer, however, you will look in vain for it in the restaurants in Franconia.

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Source - Celebrate New Year's Eve with overnight stay and Aischgrund carp: research on site with the support of the Bad Windsheim spa administration. In any case, we would like to thank you very much for the invitation.

Text: © Copyright Monika Fuchs and TWO
Photos: © Copyright Monika Fuchs and TWO