Schaeufele Recipe – Black Forest Meat Specialty

schaufele

Find out about a special meat specialty: Schäufele (scheufele) Recipe – Black Forest meat specialty. In my childhood we would have this meat dish served exactly as shown on the photo below on Christmas eve, the evening were Christmas gifts are exchanged in Germany….

German Eggs Green Sauce – Frankfurt Style

German Eggs Green Sauce

It was one of Goethe’s favorite dishes: boiled potatoes and eggs with green sauce. The healthy-green sauce came from France where it was called “Sauce verte”. In Italy is is popular under the name “Salsa verde” and in Germany it is a specialty of…

Leipziger Lerche Pastry from Leipzig

This pastry specialty from the city of Leipzig is called Leipziger Lerche, and if you don’t know German, you might not know that “Lerche” is a German songbird that has the most unique sound (in English lark). During the 18th and 19th century millions…

German Fried Potatoes Southern Style

german fried potatoes

Learn today about a recipe that is very popular in the South of Germany: Fried Potatoes with some ham. Just delicious! It is the perfect side dish for Bratwurst or serve it for brunch with some sausages and a fried egg. In Germany we…

German Carnival Recipe Mutzen from the Rhineland

rhineland mutzen

Today find out about the German Carnival Recipe: Mutzen – A Regional Recipe from the Rhineland It was in the year of 1314 in Cologne. The first fools or in German called “Jecken” celebrated a parade through the city. The reason is unknown, only…

Liver Berlin Style – Local German Specialty

liver berlin style

The dish Liver Berlin Style is a classic meal from Germany’s capital Berlin. It is using veal liver with fried apple and onion rings, and will be served with mashed potatoes, red cabbage or carrots. The original is using liver from the calf but…

German Liver with Apples and Onions

german liver with apples and onions

German liver with apples and onions is a German specialty, and very popular. Some add instead of sliced apples, sliced pine apples. Either apples or pine apples, it’s a tasty combination. This recipe does not contain soaking the liver in milk before cooking. If…

Dresden Cheese Cake Eierschecke

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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…