German Green Pea Soup Cologne Style

german green pea soup cologne style

The German Green Pea Soup Cologne Style is a special soup recipe from the Rhineland. They call it “Ähzezupp”, in high German it is “Erbsensuppe”. This soup is ideal for fall and winter and tastes great with sausages. In the Rhineland they use the…

German Carnival Recipes Mutzen

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Today find out about the German Carnival Recipes: 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…

Lucky Piglets Pastry for New Years Eve

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The Lucky Piglets Pastry is ideal for the “German Silvesterparty”, the New Years Eve party. For such a celebration New Years Eve is  you can create some unusual food such as the lucky piglets. The piglet is a symbol for luck, so why not…

Alsace Bacon Onion Tart Flambee – Elsass Flammkuchen

tarte flambee flammkuchen alsace speckkuchen

Let me introduce a French specialty called Alsace Bacon Onion Tart Flambee (Speckkuchen or Elsässer Flammkuchen in German) that originated from the region named Alsace (or Elsass) with its main city named Strassbourg. During many centuries in the past that region alternated between being…

German Potato Dumplings from the Pfalz

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The German Potato dumplings from the Pfalz – or in English “The Palatinate”  comes from Latin Palātium, and means palace; and in the  region itself they call it in their dialect: Palz). There is another word for it in German that is Rheinpfalz, and…

German Onion Tart – Onion Cake Zwiebelkuchen

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The German Onion Tart or “Zwiebelkuchen” is a popular dish of the South. This local specialty is often served with “first wine” in October. This wine is called “Süsser” or “Suser” , or in the Rhineland it’s “Federweisser”. In the region around Freiburg in…

Leipziger Allerlei Recipe – German Vegetable Dish

leipziger Allerlei

Leipziger Allerlei is a German Vegetable recipe that makes a delicious side dish. This German recipe is an original recipe from the German city Leipzig that you will love. Leipziger Allerlei contains of fresh peas, carrots, asparagus, mushrooms or morels. You also can add…

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…