German Speckkuchen – Quiche Lorraine

French recipes came to Germany especially along the Rhine because this part of the country used to be several times French and German. We are talking about the Alsace or Elsass in German. One popular recipe is the German Speckkuchen – Quiche Lorraine in…

German Soups: Porcini Soup or Steinpilzsuppe

German Soups are awesome! One classic German soup is the “Steinpilzsuppe” or Porcini soup. The fall season is mushroom season in Germany and especially in Bavaria you can find this great mushroom, the Boletus, Porcini or Steinpilz in the forests. Porcini is the most…

Home made German Beer Liquor Recipe

Beer liquor is a somewhat traditional and local specialty in regions where they brew beer and where hops is growing as well. On the photo you can see a bottle of liqueur that was produced in the German city “Vilshofen of Bavaria”. It is…

Horseradish Pork Rolls – Authentic German Dish

If you don’t know what to cook for the holidays, or if you want to cook something special, why don’t you try this recipe? In German we call them “Meerrettich Rouladen”; you probably know the famous beef Rouladen, these ones are made with pork…

German Pumpkin Soup – A Black Forest Recipe

The German Pumpkin Soup is from the popular German region Black Forest. For this German recipe we use caraway seeds and thyme. It is a delicious seasonal soup – Happy Cooking! Ingredients German Pumpkin Soup 1 kg pumpkin 2 potatoes 1 leek 2 tbsp clarified…

Cress Zucchini Soup – Authentic German Recipe

The Cress Zucchini soup is a wonderful soup in spring when cress is ready to harvest. I find upland cress in my local supermarket and I used it for this German recipe. Garden cress is a fast-growing, edible herb that is botanically related to…

Filled Pumpkin – Authentic German Recipe

The Filled Pumpkin is another pumpkin recipe for your fall menu – a very special dish indeed using Hokkaido pumpkin or squash. It contains a special dried mushroom, the boletus or porcino (Steinpilz in German). You would need a flat pumpkin to make this…

German Pumpkin Fries Instead of Potato Fries

Have you ever heard that you can make fries out of the pumpkin meat? The German pumpkin fries is an interesting recipe which we found in an older German cook book. Have you ever thought that you can use pumpkin the same way as you use potatoes? Well,…