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…

Rumtopf Fruit Pot Ruedesheim Style

Learn today how to make the Rumtopf Ruedesheim Style. In German we call it  “Ruedesheimer Fruechtetopf” or fruitpot, and it is an original recipe from Asbach Uralt in Germany. Ingredients Rumtopf Fruit Pot Ruedesheim Style Use a 3-4 liter stoneware, earthenware or china pot,…

Herring Salad with Potatoes – German Fish Specialty

herring salad

Herring salad with potatoes is a typical herring dish from Germany especially from the North. It is made after New years Eve as a hang over breakfast or served at Ash Wednesday. Matjes fillets are a Northern German food specialty. For the salad you…

German Weckmann Sweet Bread Nikolaus

The German Weckmann Sweet Bread for St Martin’s Day is an old German tradition. Plural of a Weckmann would be Weckmänner, and there is no direct translation. It’s sweet bread formed to a Nikolaus type figure. In some regions the Weckmann is not a…

Koelner Kruestchen -Toast Hubertus – Best Rhineland Snacks

Today we like to show you what snacks you can get in the Rhineland: Koelner Kruestchen Toast – Hubertus Kölner. The Krüstchen is a specialty from Cologne and it is a pork schnitzel placed on a slice of bread with a fried egg on…

Zwieback Apple Schlupfer – German Swabian Dessert

Zwieback Apple Schlupfer

This popular German dessert fro m Swabia, the Zwieback Apple Schlupfer, is using Zwieback that is only made in Germany but you can get it on Amazon or in special German supermarkets. It is also using Schmand which is not available here. You can…

German Pumpkin Cake Bread

We are now in the fall season which is in America the season for all kinds of pumpkin dishes.  Pumpkins have become quite popular in Germany too. Today we feature a German Pumpkin cake or bread. It is very easy to make and it…