Baked Potato with Salmon & Riesling Pairing

Baked Potato with Salmon & Wunderwerk Riesling

Warm baked potato, crispy skin, soft interior. Accompanied by salmon, capers, and a fresh herb cream that brings everything together. Salty, creamy, clear. Nothing more is needed. The Wunderwerk Riesling provides a precise structure: its acidity carries the creaminess, highlights the citrus notes, and adds tension to every component. A wonderful interplay.

Baked Potato with Salmon and Herbs Recipe

This dish thrives on balance. The potato forms the base. Crème fraîche adds creaminess, capers and pickles provide salty and fresh accents. The salmon complements with texture. Herbs and lemon bring everything together.

The result is a precise, aromatic composition – reduced to its essence and, in its clarity, ideal for a Riesling pairing.

Ingredients for Baked Potato with Salmon

4 people

4 large starchy potatoes | baking potatoes

500 g salmon fillet

6–8 tsp capers

400 g crème fraîche | alternatively quark or sour cream

2 tbsp Dijon mustard

160 g gherkins

1 tbsp fresh dill

1 tbsp fresh parsley

1 clove garlic

2 tbsp lemon juice

Olive oil

Salt and black pepper

How to Make Baked Potato with Salmon

Step 1

Preheat oven to 230 °C. Rub potatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper, pierce several times, wrap in aluminum foil, and bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes. For the last 15 minutes, remove the foil to make the skin crispy.

Step 2

Season the salmon with a little salt and add it to the oven about 8 minutes before the end of the cooking time, until it is still juicy inside.

Step 3

Mix crème fraîche with gherkins, herbs, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Quarter the potatoes and press lightly to open the interior. Fill with crème fraîche, salmon, and capers. Garnish with dill.

Wunderwerk Riesling – the perfect wine for baked potato with salmon

The Dreissigacker Wunderwerk Riesling brings clarity to this dish. Its precise acidity structures the creamy texture, while the mineral style picks up on the herbs and the salty spice of the capers.

A wine that doesn't overpower, but organizes – and thus gives each component more definition and depth.

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