How to Make Dried Tomatoes in Oil

Dried tomatoes in oil are a special way to enjoy tomatoes!  I found an original German recipe of how to conserve tomatoes without adding any chemicals or preservatives. Dried tomatoes in oil are a great gift for  a party or can be used as…

German Tomato Sauce – Tastes like from Miracoli

If you are German or have lived in Germany you know the classic dish Miracoli which is a kit containing Spaghetti, an herb seasoning and tomato paste, all separate in packages. It’s the best meal when you don’t feel like cooking from scratch. And…

German Home Made Basic Gravy – Light or Brown

Ingredients German Home Made Basic Gravy 3 medium sized onions 100 g butter or clarified butter (or margarine) as needed, for example: – Red wine, Port wine makes a dark gravy – Curry, coconut milk makes a curry gravy – spices of your choice…

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…

Make Creme Fraiche

Today find out how to MAKE Creme Fraiche. In Europe the creme fraiche is a common item on the shelves next to heavy cream and yogurts. But not in the USA. That’s why we thought it is a good idea to write about how…

How to Make Clarified Butter

  We use in the German cuisine clarified butter (or “Butterschmalz” in German) a lot, and you can buy it in every supermarket. As I had some problems to find it in a US supermarket I thought it might be a good idea to…

How to Make German Bregenwurst

Today we show you how to make German Bregenwurst. This is a sausage from lower Saxon and has its origin from the words “Bregen” or “Brägen” which low German dialect (Plattdeutsch),  and it means “brain” which was originally an ingredient in this sausage. The…

Make Quark at Home

It looks like you found a German recipe that is using quark as an ingredients, and you cannot find quark in your supermarket. There is a solution, an easy solution: Make quark at home from scratch. It is not impossible. Why should you miss…