Erdbeer Bowle – Strawberry Punch
Here’s a recipe for a drink that will go very well at your summer party – The German “Erdbeer Bowle” or Strawberry Punch is a combination of sparkling wine, white wine and strawberries that were soaked in vodka. If you make this drink you will for sure have no left overs. The European sparkling wine can be found at Trader Joe’s or any good liquor store. The punch bowl should be made out of glas and you need a ladle as well.
Ingredients Strawberry Punch
1 kg ripe, sweet strawberries
50 g sugar
200 ml vodka
2 bottles sparkling wine (Sekt)
1 bottle white wine, semi-dry
some mint leaves
some ice cubes made from white wine
optional: some frozen raspberries
1 punch bowl and 1 ladle
Instructions Strawberry Punch
– Wash strawberries, remove green parts.
– Depending on size cut in halves or quarters.
– Place into the punch bowl and add the sugar.
– Mix after 15 min, add the vodka. Strawberries should be covered.
– Add mint leaves as desired.
– Keep in fridge at least for 5 hours.
– Just before serving pour the wine and the sparkling wine into the bowl.
– If you like add some frozen wine cubes, if you use regular ice cubes the drink might get watery.
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Super Easy German Fruit Cake – Obstkuchen
Here is a super easy German fruit cake that can be made within minutes. We call the base cake (it’s like a sponge cake) in German a “Tortenboden” and the entire cake would be an “Obstkuchen”.
You don’t have to be a master baker or chef to create this cake – it is really very easy. I found this recipe and thought I have to give it a try. It sounded very easy and simple. I also never used oil for making the base cake. So I became curious. And what do you say? It’s a really delicious cake and tastes like the ones that you can buy in a German supermarket. From now on I will use this recipe all the time when the time has come to use some ripe and fresh fruit for this special German cake from my childhood! Happy Baking!
Ingredients Super Easy German Fruit Cake
6 tbsp sunflower oil
6 tbsp sugar
3 eggs
6 tbsp flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla sugar – How to make Vanilla Sugar –
fruit of your choice (strawberries, blueberries, bananas, sour cherries, canned mandarins, canned pears or peaches and apricots)
1 package red glaze Dr Oetker – Make the Glaze from Scratch –
Baking Instructions
– Mix eggs with sugar and beat until dough is bubbly
– Add oil spoon by spoon to the eggs, then sieve in flour.
– Mix flour and baking powder, then combine with egg mix. Mix well.
– Grease the baking form with some butter.
– Sprinkle the form with some breadcrumbs of neutral taste (no spices or herbs) or some flour.
– Pour dough into a non-stick German pie form for the base cake, diameter 11 inches (see below the one on Amazon).
– Pre-heat oven to 375 F.
– Bake for about 5-10 min.
The cake will be done when no dough will stick on a tooth pic that has been poked into the dough. The base cake should have a light golden color.
– When cake is done let it cool off, then place it onto a big plate that should be bigger than the cake (upside down).
– Cut bigger fruit in halves or smaller such as strawberries and place them on top of the cake.
– Make the glaze per instructions and pour it over the fruit.
– Find the Dr Oetker Red Glaze here –
– Let cool off.
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Herrentoast Franconia Style
For making the Herrentoast you can practically use your favorite bread, the classic recipe would use Farmers Bread. The bread is topped with a nicely spiced mix of ground beef or pork schnitzel with cheese which makes a delicious lunch or dinner. It’s unclear where the dish originated, the name is rather ambiguous as the word “Herr” means Mister. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients Herrentoast
4 servings
200 g ground beef alternatively 4 pork schnitzel
4 slices Farmers bread or whole grain (Schwarzbrot)
100 g cheese, Gouda or Emmenthaler
2 small onion, chopped
1 smaller red pepper, chopped
1 tbsp chilisauce, alternatively cayenne pepper
salt, pepper to taste
2 tsp paprika powder, mild
1 egg
Cooking Instructions Herrentoast
– Grate the cheese.
– Combine meat with all ingredients, except the cheese, mix well. Leave some of the chopped red pepper.
– Spread a thin layer of the meat mix evenly on all bread slices.
– Add grated cheese on top.
Find IMPORTED German BREAD here
If you use Pork Schnitzel instead of Ground Beef:
– Peel onions and chop fine. Cut schnitzel into small cubes.
– Heat some butter and fry onions with meat briefly. Remove from heat.
– Cut pepper into small pieces and add to the meat, season to taste.
– Last step would be to add the egg, mix well.
– Add the grated cheese on top.
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For both Versions
– Place the slices on a baking tray.
– Pre-heat oven to 400F.
– Bake toast for about 20-25 min.
When done sprinkle with paprika powder and red pepper.
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Swabian Sour Potatoes – Saure Kartoffelrädle
This is a German dish that originated a long time ago. It’s from the time after the second world war ended, the time of a big food shortage. Such times, as bad as they are, created many dishes, and still they are cooked in present time. One of these dishes was the Swabian Sour Potatoes.
Nowadays sausages are added which makes it a delicious meal. Potatoes always were and still are important in the German cuisine. There are hundreds of potato dishes. This potato recipe shows what you can cook just with a few ingredients. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients Swabian Sour Potatoes
500-600 g potatoes
For the Gravy
3 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp flour
1 splash white wine (optional)
300-400 ml vegetable broth or water
– How to Make Vegetable Broth –
1 bay leave
2 cloves, crushed or ground
vinegar to taste or 2 tbsp
salt, pepper to taste
4 Wiener sausages (Saitenwürstle or Wienerle in Swabian-German, USA calls them Frankfurter)
2 tbsp chopped chives, optional
Löwensenf – Simply the Best Mustard
Cooking Instructions Swabian Sour Potatoes
– Boil potatoes with skin. When done drain and let cool off a bit.
– Heat butter with flour, mix well, it should not get brown. This is a so called “Mehlschwitze”, the base for many German white and dark sauces.
– Add broth and wine and bring to a boil. The gravy should have thickened.
– Spice and add vinegar with bay leave and cloves.
– Let simmer for 15 min on low heat.
– Peel potatoes.
– Heat sausages in water.
– Cut potatoes in thin slices.
– Add potatoes to gravy, let sit for 3 min.
– Spice if necessary, remove cloves and bay leave.
You can use sausages as whole or cut them in slices. Add the sausages to the potatoes and sprinkle with the chives.
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German Pudding Pastry
Pastries are very popular in Germany and you can find them in almost any German bakery. The German pudding pastry is made from a yeast dough and is filled with vanilla pudding and topped with a sugar glaze, which is optional. The recipe is quite simple, enjoy and Happy Baking!
Ingredients German Pudding Pastry
YEAST DOUGH
550 g Mehl
40 g yeast or dry yeast for the amount of flour
220 ml milk
100 g sugar
100 g butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
FILLING
500 ml milk
1 tbsp sugar or to taste
1 package vanilla pudding – Find it here –
100 g sour cream or Crème fraîche
Baking Instructions German Pudding Pastry
– Combine yeast with 1 tsp and 1 tbsp water, mix well until yeast has dissolved.
– Place flour into a bowl or on a wooden baking board, add all other ingredients and the yeast starter. Knead with a mixer or with hands until you get a smooth dough.
– Cover with a clean kitchen cloth and let rise for 20 – 30 min. Dough volume should double.
– Make the pudding per instructions.
– Let cool off, stir frequently while it’s cooling off, then add the sour cream or creme fraiche. Mix with a spatula.
– On a flour sprinkled surface roll the dough to a rectangle, it should be 1cm thick (half an inch).
– Place the pudding cream onto the dough.
– If you like you can add additionally chopped apples, raisins soaked in rum or apple juice, chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, marzipan pieces, blue berries etc., on top.
– Roll the dough starting from the longer side.
– Cut into 2 cm thick slices (1 inch).
– Layer a baking tray with parchment paper.
– Place the slices on a baking tray, let them rise for another 20-30 min.
– Preheat oven to 200 c or 390 F.
– Bake the pastries for 15-20 min until they show a golden brownish color.
– Let cool off and dust them with powdered sugar or with a sugar glaze.
Make the Sugar Glaze
120 g powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
2 tbsp milk
If you like to add this glaze the pastries have to be still warm.
Mix all ingredients and brush the glaze evenly over the pastries.
Wait until the glaze is solid, then enjoy them with a cup of coffee or tea!
The German Breakfast Box makes a Great Gift!
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Authentic German Goulash Recipe with Paprika
This is an original German Goulash recipe or paprika beef stew with red pepper and mushrooms (in German Gulasch or Rindsgulasch). It is one of the best goulash variations and I got the recipe from my sister-in-law from Germany. It is an authentic German recipe, proven and easy to make. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients German Goulash Recipe
(serves 4)
500 g beef stew
2 medium size onions
2 red peppers
250 g mushrooms, white
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp Tomato paste
salt, pepper, to taste
2 tsp mild red paprika or use the EDORA Goulash seasoning – see below
Cooking Instructions German Goulash
– Heat oil in a skillet; fry meat briskly bit by bit (don’t use it all at once); when all meat is browned take off the skillet.
– Chop onions finely, saute until transparent in the same skillet.
– Cut red pepper in fine stripes, add to onions and saute for some minutes.
– Add meat, spice with salt, pepper and mild red paprika powder or Edora seasoning.
– Add 2-3 tbsp tomato paste, fill up with some water (1/2 cup or less; should not be too thin).
– Reduce heat and let simmer for 1.5 – 2 hours until meat is tender (depends on the meat).
– 10 minutes before the end of cooking time add the sliced mushrooms.
Serve with your favorite pasta, dumplings or rice.
Insects instead of a delicious Beef Stew? Imagine this! Dr Berg talks about this very strange Idea
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Bremer Klaben Cake – Specialty from the North
The Bremer Klaben Cake has some history! As other dishes from the North this cake was made for the sailors when they were at see for a long time. It has a long shelf life because of its high butter and sugar amount. Nowadays the Klaben is a typical holiday cake. It contains raisins and candied fruit. Happy Baking!
Ingredients Bremer Klaben Cake
Dried Fruit Mix
700g raisins (soak them for 1 week in brown rum)
100g candied lemon peel (Zitronat)
100g candied orange peel (Orangeat)
– How to Make Candied Peel –
brown rum 54%, for soaking raisins, or to taste, alternatively apple juice with some rum flavor
Starter Dough (let raise for 30 min):
150ml whole milk
150g flour, preferably Weizenmehl 550 Type – All About German Flour
60g fresh yeast – amount of dried yeast as instructed
Main Dough (let raise 30 min):
450g flour, pref. 550 Type
300g butter
1 vanilla bean
zest of 1 organic lemon
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp cardamom
100g sugar
150g chopped almonds
fruit mix as described above
1 egg
Flour-Water Mix
20g flour
20g water
Baking Instructions following the Video
All ingredients should have room temperature.
Pour milk into a bowl, add yeast and milk. Mix well until you get a smooth starter dough. Use a mixer, there’s no kneading needed.
Cover the bowl and let raise for 30 min. This dough is ready when you see some small bubbles.
With a sharp knife cut the vanilla bean open. Scratch off the seeds and add to the butter that is cut into smaller pieces.
Grate the lemon, add to the starter dough. Add sugar, cardamom, butter and flour.
Knead until you get a smooth dough. During kneading add the salt.
The dough is done when it comes off easily from the edges of the bowl.
Let raise for 30 min.
Chop the candied orange and lemon if needed very fine. Combine with raisins and mix well.
Add the almonds and fruit mix to the dough and knead until everything is nicely combined,
Form the dough into a loaf.
Place into a greased deep baking form such as a lasagna form. Fill the form completely with the dough by pressing it towards the edges. In the video he is using a Springform Baking Tin size 28 x 18 x8 cm or 12x9x4 inches, that also has a lid.
You can find such spring forms on Amazon.
Mix the water with flour until it’s a sticky mix. Brush this mix on top of the Klaben.
Pre-heat oven to 220 C or 430 F.
Place cake on lowest level and reduce heat to 170 C or 340 F.
Bake for 60 min.
Beat the egg in a bowl and brush it over the hot cake.
Let sit over night.
Wrap in aluminum foil and place at a cold location such as basement, cellar, just the coldest place you can think of. It must sit for 4-6 weeks. After that time period enjoy a piece of this historic sailor’s cake!
Video – in German – for Making the Klaben
Original Zenker Form that was used for the Klaben Cake – Find it here –
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Toast Hawaii – Best German Snack
If you had been to Germany yo might have seen this classic German snack Toast Hawaii in menus in country inns. It’s such a delicious small meal that is very easy to make and it doesn’t need special ingredients. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients Toast Hawaii
4 Servings
For each serving you need ONE
sliced pine apple, can, preferably unsweetened
slice of toast bread, wheat (in Germany we would use the Golden Toast)
– RECIPE: How to Make German Golden Toast Bread –
enough butter to spread on each slice
boiled ham, sliced
sliced cheese such as Swiss Cheese
if you like decorate with cherries or lingonberry jam
mayonnaise, optional
Cooking Instructions
– Pre-Heat oven to 375 F (180 C).
– Spread butter evenly on each slice of toast.
Optional: spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on top.
– Drain pineapples, let drip in a sieve.
– Place on top the ham, followed by the pineapple and at last a slice of cheese.
– Use parchment paper on the oven rack and place the toast directly onto the paper.
– In a few minutes the cheese will melt and it will get brown.
– When you see that the cheese has melted into the pine apple opening and gets brown, you should remove the toast right away. It will be after about 6 minutes.
– Let cool off a bit before you enjoy this delicious snack.
Makes a Great Gift: The German Snack Box – Buy Here –
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