Pumpkin Apple Compote – German Pumpkin Specialty

The round orange Pumpkin has many variations in the German cuisine, and one usage is to make a compote, or “Kompott” as we say in German. You practically can make compote with the most fruit. The Pumpkin Apple compote is a sweet dish and it…

Tuscan Pumpkin Soup for the Holidays

Do you like pumpkin recipes? If so you will like this Pumpkin soup from Italy, the region of Tuscany. We love the recipe despite the fact that it is an Italian recipe. In Germany we love Italian food a lot. Happy Cooking! Ingredients Tuscan…

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…

Cooking with Pumpkin – How to Cut and Peel Pumpkin

Cooking with Pumpkin – On Mybestgermanrecipes.com we feature many recipes using pumpkin. In Germany there are many recipes with pumpkin and today find out How to cut and peel a pumpkin. There is a little trick and the peeling and cutting is done in…

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…

Sweet Sour Pickled Pumpkin – German Pickle Specialty

Just ready for fall: Sweet sour pickled pumpkin – an original German recipe for anyone who likes pumpkin dishes. Canning is very popular in Germany. The pickled pumpkin taste great together with fried potatoes.  Happy Cooking! Ingredients Sweet Sour Pickled Pumpkin 1 kg pumpkin…

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,…

Silesian Pumpkin Soup – Traditional German Recipe

The Silesian pumpkin soup comes from the “old country called “Schlesien” in German. This recipe is old and traditional and comes from Silesia, a part of Europe that belonged to Germany but since 1945 it has been a part of Poland. On the map you…