German Lentil Stew with Spaetzle – Swabian Specialty

lentil soup with spaetzle

The German Lentil stew with Spaetzle is a popular Swabian dish that is served in almost every Swabian “Gasthaus or Gasthof” (Gasthaus is a Inn with home cooked local specialties such as “Gasthaus Krone” or “Gasthof Bären” ). You can make the Spaetzle or…

Lamb Stew with Green Beans – Brandenburg Style

Lamb Green Beans Stew

The German Lamb Green Beans Stew is a local specialty from the Northern region Brandenburg which used to be former East German territory but became its own province in 1990. This lamb dish is traditional and is served in local restaurants all over Brandenburg….

Leberkase Schnitzel – Liver Cheese Schnitzel

leberkase schnitzel

Leberkaese, or in German Leberkäse, means literally translated “liver cheese”, even though in Bavaria it does not contain any liver at all. Leberkaese is a special sausage meat and very popular in the South of Germany, Bavaria, and Austria. Find out today how to…

Halve Hahn German Rhineland Specialty

halve hahn rhineland

This article will show you some traditional food from the Rhineland,  the head quarter of the German carnival (Karneval), and the historical city Cologne. One is the Halve Hahn, a German Rhineland Specialty. What is the Halve Hahn German Rhineland Specialty In the local…

Schupfnudeln – German Swabian Fingernoodles

swabian recipe schupfnudeln

The Swabian recipe “Schupfnudeln” is a regional specialty from the German region Swabia, from the Schwabenland around Stuttgart and Ulm (the region around Stuttgart down to the Lake of Constance, the region where Spaetzle come from). On every local fair they make Schupfnudeln with…

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…

Lucky Piglets Pastry for New Years Eve

new years eve piglets

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…