For some it is a staple food - for others it is the ultimate pleasure: bread. It is so important worldwide that there is a day of honor for it.
Weiter lesenTypical German food and drink
What is typical German? In the food sector, it is definitely classic German recipes such as the variety of bread , especially dark, strong bread. In the same breath you can certainly also mention the beer, the enormous number of varieties of sausage , sausage and potato preparations. Not to forget wine from the traditional growing areas such as the Rheingau, Mosel or Unstrut.
Sept. 28. Day of the German Butter Bread. A fresh smelling bakery bread roll with a little butter is simple - but also simply good.
Weiter lesenFrom 3 to 5 August the biggest beer festival will take place on Berlin's Karl-Marx-Allee as a beer mile. With hundreds of international breweries, live music and many regional specialities.
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Weiter lesenThüringer 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.
Weiter lesenThe original traditional pastry can now be found as a very popular butter plait on the breakfast table.
Weiter lesenBackesgrumbeere is a hearty Rhine-Hessian potato casserole with meat or ham.
Weiter lesenSchupfnudeln 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.
Weiter lesenThis simple and inexpensive spread is made from lard, greaves and onions.
Weiter lesenThe original from Bavaria. This light-coloured boiled sausage is a typical speciality. Made from veal (pork), back fat and spices, the sausage is warmed in water and eaten with sweet mustard, pretzels and a wheat beer.
Weiter lesenIt 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.
Weiter lesenMutzbraten is a delicacy from Thuringia. Pieces of meat marinated in black beer are grilled on skewers over beech wood. A hearty snack also at folk festivals.
Weiter lesenThis typical regional speciality originates from the north Hessian region. Translated, the name means nothing more than "old sausage", alluding to the average 2-month maturing period.
Weiter lesenFlour mush balls are an easy meatless side dish for soups like Frisian buttermilk soup or Holstein bacon soup.
Weiter lesenIn the northwest of Germany Pinkel (a Grützwurst) with kale is a traditional dish especially in the kale season from January to February.
Weiter lesenThe Hessians' swill. A drink that is also known under the names Viez, Ebbelwoi, Äbbelwoi, Ebbelwei as well as Stöffsche, Schoppen or Schobbe.
Weiter lesenProbably the best-known pastry in Germany is also the bakers' guild symbol. In the twinkling of an eye, professionals turn a yeast dough crust into an artful intertwining - the pretzel.
Weiter lesenWoodruff, cherry or raspberry - Berliner Weisse are all the rage. Traditionally, wheat beer is mixed with syrup and served ice cold is a wonderful thirst quencher in the summer.
Weiter lesenSpätzle are a Swabian pasta made from flour and fresh egg. Here is an explanation and the recipe.
Weiter lesenStill popular, but not available everywhere, is the Ostbrötchen, which dates back to GDR times. Consistency and taste of this pastry still has many friends and fans. Addresses and recipes.
Weiter lesenRotspon is an old German term for red wine. The special feature of the Hamburg, but also Lübeck or Bremen Rotspon is the storage.
Weiter lesenWhether Riesling or Spätburgunder: German wine has a good reputation. Growing areas and wine varieties are briefly presented here.
Weiter lesenHere you can still find good taste: addresses of Kiez and microbreweries.
Weiter lesenBut what is a traditional Pentecost meal? Good question: In reference to the Holy Spirit, people associated the idea with a dove: roasted on the table. Later the Pfingstwecken was created; a pastry in the shape of a dove.
Weiter lesenThe Currywurst is probably one of the most famous specialties of the German snack culture. Sung about by Grönemeyer, devoured by commissioners in crime novels, honoured with a museum and hotly debated whether with or without intestines. It's the sauce that counts.
Weiter lesenBrotzeit or Vesper is a small, usually hearty snack. In Bavaria, Weisswürste (white sausages), bread and Obazda are part of it. More info here.
Weiter lesenJoin in: What's your favorite bakery? Where is traditional baking still practiced? - Friends and connoisseurs of genuine baking tradition are increasingly faced with the question: Where can I find a good baker? Where can you find the best sourdough bread and the most delicious rolls?
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