potatoes

In the Rhineland, Döbbekuchen or Döpekooche is one of the traditional dishes. Grated potatoes are baked in the oven together with smoked bacon (Dürrfleisch). A cast-iron pot “en Döpp” is usually used for this. The originally simple dish (as in our recipe) is modified in many ways depending on the region and family. For example, 3 layers of potatoes are used, and in between they are topped with the ends of the mead and bacon.This meal is eaten in the northern Rhineland-Palatinate and southern North Rhine-Westphalia. A similar dish with the same basic ingredients exists in Saarland and is called Schales. It is also an integral part of Saarland cuisine. A potato cake from the rhineland. Advertisment

Thüringer Klösse are also known as Grüne Klösse and are served as a side dish with meat. This refers to a proportion of raw potato mass from which the dumpling is made.

Backesgrumbeere is a hearty Rhine-Hessian potato casserole with meat or ham.

Schupfnudeln are particularly thin and pointed potato noodles , which are known under very different recipes. They got their southern German name from the way they were made. Recipe.

It is impossible to imagine German cuisine without the potato: whether as zampe (mashed potatoes), jacket potatoes with cottage cheese, baked potatoes with rosemary, boiled potatoes, fried potatoes or potato pancakes. The "poor man's food" was prepared full of imagination. Here more and traditional recipes.

Hoppel Poppel is a simple, hearty dish made from leftovers that can be prepared very quickly.

Originally a simple dish of potatoes, onions, pancetta and simple spices.

Braunkohl mit Klump is a hearty dish from the Magdeburger Börde. In this context, brown cabbage is kale and Klump is potato dough.

Quarkkeulchen are a popular Saxon dessert. The name is derived from the Middle German Kaule (ball). The basis is a sweet dough made from curd cheese and potatoes. In the Erzgebirge they call it Quarkkließe.

A traditional speciality of Lower Lusatia is jacket potatoes with curd cheese and linseed oil. Linseed oil is a local power food and without calories.

In the Saarland, Schales are a firm fixture in every kitchen. Both dishes have almost the same ingredients. recipe

Verheiratete is a simple but filling dish in the Saarland. Potatoes and a flour dough.

A classic from the Saxon Erzgebirge are Buttermilchgetzen. Getzen in itself are meatless dishes. A kind of potato pancake with buttermilk.

Mashed potatoes the Mecklenburg way: heart juice with buttermilk and bacon.

Fried potatoes are very popular in Germany as an accompaniment to a meal or even as a main course.

Fried potato dumplings are a classic leftover food: savory or sweet. For many, that's when they taste really good. Recipes

Abernsuppe is a pureed, simple, strong potato soup from Upper Lusatia to which the city of Zittau also belongs.

Kappesuppe is a hearty white coal stew from Saarland. Recipe and more.