German Cooking
The best recipes from Germany - from Bratwurst to Schnitzel and Potatoe Salad to Rotkohl.Here you can find lots of interesting and helpful books about German Cooking from authentic German Home Style Recipes like Schweinebraten, Jaegerschnitzel to cakes (Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte) and cookies (Heidesand). If you know of other great German dishes or recipes please tell me!
Staple food in Germany is bread - brown and white bread and lots of other sorts.
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Cookbooks - German Recipes
A Taste of Germany: Traditional German Cooking Made Easy with Authentic German Recipes (Best Recipes from Around the World) (Affiliate-Link),
Spencer, Sarah, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 9,89 €
A Taste of Germany: The Complete German Cookbook with More Than 700 Authentic German Recipes! (Affiliate-Link),
Becker, Hannah, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 20,12 €
Classic Recipes of Germany: Traditional Food and Cooking in 25 Authentic Dishes (Affiliate-Link),
Trenkner, Mirko, Lorenz Books, Gebundene Ausgabe, 0754828379, 3,52 €
Traditional German Cookbook: 50 Authentic Recipes from Germany (Affiliate-Link),
Baker, Ava, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 10,05 €
Das German Cookbook: Schnitzel, Bratwurst, Strudel and other German Classics (Affiliate-Link),
Schulmeister, Franz, Independently published, Taschenbuch, 1973479540, 9,99 €
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German Beer and Wine
Germany is well known for its beer but it has also great wine from the different regions like Mosel, Pfalz, Württemberg, Rheinhessen, Rheingau, Franken, etc.
Paulaner Original Münchner Hell Partyfass•Helles Bier spritzig-mild•DOSE(1x5l) (Affiliate-Link),
, Paulaner, Wine, , 12,99 € (2,60 € / l)
Personalisiertes Deutsches Bierpaket - Mit Eigenem Namen Personalisierbar Authentische Biere aus Deutschland Enthalten Geschenk für Bierliebhaber (Deutsches Bierpaket) (Affiliate-Link),
, YourSurprise, , , 24,95 € (83,17 € / l)
LANOLU Retro Blechschild Deutsches Bier Tradition seit 1516 - Biertrinker Geschenk Bierliebhaber, lustiges Bierschild, Blechschilder Bier, Metallschilder mit Sprüchen 20x30cm (Affiliate-Link),
, LANOLU, , , 13,90 €
BECK'S Pils Dosenbier, Sortenreines Dosen-Set, EINWEG (24 x 0.5 l), Pils Bier (Affiliate-Link),
, Anheuser Busch Inbev Deutschland, Wine, , 26,16 € (1,09 € / stück)
Paulaner Original Münchner Hell•Helles Bier spritzig-mild•EINWEG(24x0,5l) (Affiliate-Link),
, Paulaner Brauerei Gruppe GmbH & Co. KGaA, Wine, , 27,60 € (2,30 € / l)
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What can you find on a typical German Menu?
Dining in Germany can be very different. But if you go to a German restaurant you will probably find some of the things I tried to explain in the following table.| Suppen - Soups Tomatensuppe - Tomato Soup Ochsenschwanzsuppe - Oxtail Soup Hühnersuppe - Chicken Soup Gulaschsuppe - Goulash Soup (sometimes hot) Zwiebelsuppe - Onion Soup Kartoffelsuppe - Potato Soup |
Salat - Salad Gemischter Salat - Mixed Salad Tomatensalat - Tomato Salad Gurkensalat - Cucumber Salad Kartoffelsalat - Potato Salad Gemüse - Vegetables Nachtisch/Dessert - Dessert |
| Meals Bratwurst - different styles: Nürnberger (very small ones), Thüringer (my favourite), Weißwürste (white veal bratwurst) Schnitzel Natur - Cutlet Wiener Schnitzel - breaded Cutlet (originally veal in Germany usually pork) Jägerschnitzel - Cutlet with a mushroom sauce Zigeunerschnitzel - Cutlet with a spicy paprika sauce Rahmschnitzel - Cutlet with heavy cream Kassler Rippchen - Smoked Pork Chops Gulasch - Goulash Schweinebraten - Roast Pork Rouladen - Rolled Beef Sauerbraten - Marinated Beef or Pork (sour) Kalbsleber - Calf's Liver (Berlin style with fresh Apples and Onion slices) Zwiebelbraten - Onion Roast Filetsteak Hähnchen - Chockerel Ente - Duck Hasenbraten - Roast Hare Rehrücken - Roast Deer (?) Hirschragout - Ragout of Hart Spätzle - German style egg noodles |
Getränke - Beverages/Drinks Bier (Pils, Export, Altbier, Kölsch, Weizen) - Beer Alsterwasser Radler - Beer with Sprite Altbierbowle Wein - Wine Cola - Coke Fanta Sprite Orangensaft - Orange Juice Apfelsaft - Apple Juice Apfelschorle - half Apple Juice half Mineral Water Mineralwasser - Mineral Water Kaffee - Coffee Tee - Tea |
In Germany the price of your meal already includes the taxes and the tip. However if you enjoyed a fine meal and a not too bad service (you probably won't find the same great service as in the US) you should add a little bit extra to the bill (pay 25 Euro instead of 23.90 Euro). If you are a student or do not earn money by your own, you can go without tipping. Moreover, it is regular to round up the amount payable (pay 12 Euro instead of 11.80 Euro).
Specialties
Würchwitzer Milbenkäse - Cheese Specialty from Würchwitz in Saxony-Anhalt. Enzymes of cheese mites are responsible for the maturation, in contrast to other cheeses, where lab-enzymes or lactic acid bacteria are used.
Aal Grün - Fish specialties from Berlin and Brandenburg. Cooked eel with "Spreewaldsoße" fish broth and light roux with butter, cream, parsley and dill.
Pfälzer Saumagen - Meat dish from the Palatinate (dialect "Saumage" or "Saumaache") region. From salt pork, meat, diced potatoes. In pig's stomach stuffed and cooked.
Blutwurst - Cook sausage of pork blood, bacon, rind, salt, pepper, marjoram, thyme, allspice, ginger. Regarded as one of the world's oldest sausage species that is mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey".
Saures Lüngerl - In southern Germany and Austria "Beuschel" oder "Beuscherl": ragout of minced lung in sour cream sauce, served with bread dumplings.
Bregenwurst - Raw or smoked sausage made of pork and pork belly. "Bregen" is Low German for brain. This is now banned as an ingredient, but the name has remained.
Snuten un Poten - Low German for snouts and paws. North German dish of pickled pork parts. Cooked with bay leaves, juniper berries, peppercorns.
Flurgönder - Specialty in the Fulda country. Raw, smoked brawn in the form of bubbles, cooked, often served with noodles.
Schwarzsauer - North German, formerly East Prussian meal. From goose or pig blood clotting by the addition of vinegar, is black and the added meat residues and binds rinds.
Kutteln - Kitchen Linguistic name for the rumen, the largest of the three rumen of the cow or other ruminants. As a stew, stew or soup in processed or fried.
Niere - Kidney (especially veal or pork), as many offal, traditionally prepared rather in Catholic areas. As the "acid kidney" typical Westphalian, South German or Saxon.
Kalbsbries - the pituitary gland of young beef (thymus) is linguistically kitchen sweetbreads (German: Bries, Swiss: Milke) called. Popular because of the delicacy, is rich in potassium and vitamin C.
German Wine
Mostly in southern Germany you can find a lot of wine (Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Geürztraminer …)- German wine and the German Vintage Guide
German Beer
You know that we Germans love our own beer but it is also pretty famous throughout the world. Here I have listed some interesting Websites about German beer (unfortunately most of them are in German):- Bier aus Deutschland
- German Beer Purity Law
- Bayern Brewing Home Page - this is a US-Site
- Why German beer? - from DIEBELS
- Warsteiner USA Homepage one of my favourite beers.
If you miss a specific book here - I know that this is just a small collection - please mail me.