Fried Potatoes Recipe

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 White Beans Soup Westphalia Style

german white bean soup

Westphalia is a region of Germany that is located in the Northwest, and it is one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It used to be part of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1918 and the Free State of…

German Krautkrapfen – Allgau Sauerkraut Specialty

krautkrapfen

The German Krautkrapfen are a local specialty from the South of Germany, the Allgaeu, a Southern region with beautiful hills and meadows. Famous for hiking, skiing and good food. They produce a lot milk products like cheese, yogurt and quark.  These Krautkrapfen are filled…

Swabian Potato Dumplings

The Swabian Potato Dumplings, or as we call them “Knoedel”, are a regional food specialty from the South of Germany with Stuttgart as the main city of the county Baden-Würtemberg. This region has many delicious food specialties. The dumplings are served with dishes that…

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…

Schaeufele Recipe – Black Forest Meat Specialty

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….

Authentic Thuringia Style Garlic Soup

Do you love garlic? If yes, you will love this German soup. The Thuringia style garlic soup is from the German region Thuringia or “Thüringen” – wonderful region in the middle towards the North of Germany. In German we call this soup “Knoblauchsuppe”. Grlic…

Silesian Pumpkin Soup – Traditional German Recipe

The Silesian pumpkin soup comes from the “old country called “Schlesien” in German. This recipe is old and traditional and comes from Silesia, a part of Europe that belonged to Germany but since 1945 it has been a part of Poland. On the map you…