Plum Dumplings from Yeast Dough

plum dumplings from yeast dough

The Plum Dumplings from Yeast Dough are a classic plum dumpling version and are also called Bohemian or Silesian plum dumplings or “Zwetschgenknödel” in German. If you like to use potatoes instead of a yeast dough CLICK HERE for the recipe. The classic recipe…

German Rhubarb Cake with Vanilla Cream

German Rhubarb Cake with Vanilla Cream

If you see rhubarb in the grocery stores or on your local farmers market you must get some so you can make this delicious German Rhubarb Cake with Vanilla Cream and Streusel on top. The base cake is a simple biscuit topped with a…

Boiled Potatoes with Radishes and Yoghurt

boiled potatoes with radishes

Are you looking for a delicious spring recipe? Here is one: Boiled potatoes with Radishes and Yoghurt. If you can get the first seasonal potatoes the dish would be more than perfect. Enjoy spring and Happy Cooking! Ingredients Boiled Potatoes with Radishes 4 Servings…

Buttermilk Plinsen or Pancakes – From East Germany

buttermilk plinsen

The recipe for “Plinsen” or “Blinsen” is a typical recipe from the regions of East and Middle Germany, and they are pancakes, in Russia they call them “Bliny”. These  round pancakes are small, even smaller than a pan size. If quark is added you…

Sour Meatballs Danzig Style

sour meatballs danzig style

Danzig, or in Polish Gdańsk, is a city that has made a lot of history throughout the past centuries. It was and still is a very interesting place and used to be populated by Germans until 1945. From this time many recipes had its…

Dresden Cheese Cake Eierschecke

eierschecke

The Dresden Cheese Cake Eierschecke is a cake specialty from Dresden, mainly from Saxon and Thuringia. The photo below shows the famous and beautiful cheese store and restaurant “Pfunds” www.pfunds.de. where they sell this cake (see the photo below, showing the cheese chop). THE…

Kratzete – Swabian Sweet Specialty

kratzete

This German dish called Kratzete reminds a lot of Kaiserschmarrn but is slightly different. It’s served mainly, and if not only, in the region of Swabia in Baden-Württemberg, a state in southwest Germany bordering France and Switzerland. The pancake batter will be torn apart…

German Spekulatius Mandarine Dessert

german spekulatius mandarine dessert

A perfect German Christmas menu ends with a dessert that is including holiday spices, and which will end the menu perfectly. One of such desserts is the German Spekulatius Mandarine Dessert. The spiced cookies are available at Aldi, German specialty stores or Cost Plus…