Halloween Recipes: Bloody Hands
It is time for great Halloween recipes like the Bloody hands recipe. It is an original German recipe but it is easy to make. You find all ingredients for the German Halloween recipes on LoveGermanfood.com, Amazon or in your local super market. This is for sure a scary dessert!
The hands are made out of Dr. Oetker Vanilla pudding and the blood is made out of raspberries with cherry juice. Happy Cooking and Happy Halloween!
Ingredients Halloween Recipes Bloody Hands
2 packages of Vanilla pudding Dr. Oetker – How to Make Vanilla Pudding –
1 liter milk
sugar as per instructions or to taste
For the Sauce:
250 g frozen raspberries, 2 tbsp sugar, 100ml cherry juice
Cooking Instructions
– Fill pudding in 2 rubber gloves (without a powdery layer inside!). The best is to get some help of someone else. One person holds the glove, the other one pours the pudding into the glove. If you don’t have a helper, place the glove into a cup and pour the pudding in several steps and not at once.
– Close the gloves with paper clips, and keep them in the fridge for some hours so it will get firm.
– Put raspberries into a pan and bring them with sugar and juice to a boil; puree or mash them with a stick mixer, then let cool off. Place in the fridge for 3-4 hours.
– When the hands are completely firm hold them briefly in hot water so you can remove the plastic gloves.
– Decorate the hands on a plate and pour the raspberry sauce over them. Cut off some finger to make it look really dramatic.
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Black Forest Gugelhupf – Authentic German
The Black Forest Gugelhupf is a German bundt cake that is containing sour cherries which are sprinkled with “Kirsch Brandy” (Kirschwasser, the famous brandy from the Black Forest). If you don’t want to use brandy you might want to add some natural rum flavor which contains no alcohol. The cake should be made in a Gugelhupf form (bundt form) but if you don’t have one you can use a round baking form that has a tubular base; 9 or 10 inches diameter, see below. Trader Joes or Aldi carries sour cherries. Happy Baking.
Ingredients Black Forest Gugelhupf
1 jar (24oz) sour cherries
60 ml Kirschschnaps (Cherry Brandy), alternatively rum or brandy flavor
100 g semi-sweet chocolate
200 g butter
300 g sugar
1 dash salt
5 eggs
400 g flour
3 tsp baking powder
100 ml milk
2 tsp cocoa, unsweetened
1 package vanilla sugar 0.3oz
– How to make Vanilla Sugar –
250 g powdered sugar
some butter and flour for the form
Baking Instructions
– Drain cherries.
– Drip with 30ml Kirsch brandy or add the rum flavor.
– Melt chocolate using the double boiler method:
Add water in a pan, place chocolate into a ceramic bowl that fits into the pan. Bring water to a boil, reduce heat, see how the chocolate is melting, stir accordingly.
– Mix soft butter, salt and sugar, add one egg after the other.
– Mix flour with baking powder, add alternating with milk.
– Part dough.
– In one part add cherries, the other part mix with molten chocolate, 1 tsp cocoa and vanilla sugar.
– Grease Gugelhupf form and dust completely with flour.
– Fill in light dough, on top fill dark dough, with a fork go through both dough in spirals.
– Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
– Bake cake for 60-70 min.
– Mix powdered sugar with remaining Kirsch Brandy and 2 tbsp water.
– If you like a two-colored glaze mix half of the glaze with 1 tsp cocoa.
– When cake is done add glaze(s) on top.
Alternative for the Bundt Cake Form
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Bavarian Fleischkaese Recipe from Scratch
This Bavarian Fleischkaese recipe is an original recipe from Germany. It differs a bit from the other one but it is also is a proven recipe. Don’t forget the ingredients might be a bit different in Germany despite the fact that they have the same name.
Ingredients Bavarian Fleischkaese
To make the so called Fleischbraet – for 1kg
60% lean pork
40% fat pork belly or 30% pork belly and 10% Speck without slab
Spices for 1 kg Fleischbrät
22 g curing salt – click to Find Curing Salt Information
3 g white pepper, ground
Ground Spices and herbs, each 0,5 g: Marjoram, Thyme, nutmeg and ginger
ice cubes: at least 300g per 1kg meat
Cooking Instructions
1. Cut meat and refrigerate it. It must be very cold before handling it (shortly before freezing temperature).
2. Make at least 300 g ice cubes and before you start with the meat, shred and (ice snow) keep aside. Use mixer or any device that can shred ice fine.
3. Mix the very cold meat with spices, very fast as meat should not get warm.
4. Add meat to the grinder or food processor and grind it on high speed for about 1-2 minutes. Add grated “ice snow” and grind again thoroughly. You should get a fine but tough mass. That’s all okay.
4. You can do a test now if you like:
Bring water to a boil, then turn off. Take 1 tbsp of the meat mass and add it into the water. It needs to be firm and should not fall apart
5. Take a rectangle form that is cooled and grease it with taste neutral (expeller pressed) coconut oil or shortening (eg. from Spectrum – needs to be a grease that can be used for high cooking temperatures – don’t use olive oil, other oil, butter or margarine; in Germany we use the grease Palmin or Biskin).
The grease should be sticking in the edges, that’s why the form needs to be very cold. You do this so the Leberkaese can get smoothly out of the form when done. Press the meat thoroughly into the form because you don’t want bubbles.
6. Use a dough scraper that you dip into cold water and smooth the surface, make a rhombic patter into the loaf by pressing the dough scraper into the loaf, don’t cut it.
7. Bake in the oven on 160 C for about 90 minutes until the surface browns slightly, if it wont get brown, use the broiler for 5-6 minutes.
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Bavarian Apple Turnovers – Apfelmaultaschen
If you love sweet apple dishes the Bavarian Apple Turnovers, or Apfelmaultaschen, is the dish to make. It can be varied with Italian plums, and it tastes the best when served with a warm vanilla sauce. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients Bavarian Apple Turnovers
DOUGH
300 g flour
1 tbsp butter
2 eggs
2-3 tbsp milk
1 tsp salt
FILLING
125 ml milk
3-4 apples (depends on the size)
1 splash lemon juice
Optional: Cinnamon to taste and/or raisins soaked in apple juice (or brandy) for 5 minutes
sugar as needed
Cooking Instructions Bavarian Apple Turnovers
For the Filling
– Peel apples, remove core, grate fine. Don’t cut in pieces. Mix with cinnamon.
– Drip with lemon juice so they wont get brown. Set aside.
Make the Dough
– Place flour into a bowl, add salt.
– Add 1 heaped tbsp butter, egg and some milk to flour, knead dough for about 5 min very thoroughly. Dough should come off the bowl’s edges and should not be sticky.
– Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
– Mix 125ml milk with 1 egg, set aside.
– Sprinkle flour on a baking board or smooth surface.
– Roll dough evenly so you get 4 pieces of same size (cut with knife).
– Spread melted butter on each piece, add grated apples. If you use raisins add them.
– Fold in the sides, then roll each piece.
– Place apple pockets in a greased fire proof form.
– Bake for 10 min then add milk-egg mix over apple turnovers so they are covered. Maybe you need additional milk.
Baking time is 20-30 min.
Serve with Vanilla sauce. How to Make Vanilla Sauce – Go to The RECIPE –
Vanilla Sugar and Vanilla Sauce
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Authentic Swabian Cheese Spaetzle
You will love this recipe for authentic Swabian Cheese Spaetzle! This local recipe comes from a region named “Allgaeu”, a very popular region of the South that is very close to Bavaria.
It’s a region that is famous for its various dairy products: Cheese, the milk, quark and yoghurts. Because the landscape is so lovely it attracts many tourists throughout the year.
During the winter season the mountains are inviting to ski while in summer you can do the most amazing hiking and biking tours.
The Allgäu is a very relaxing place on earth, and some people say, it must have been created by God. So are the food specialties of this region. It’s Southern German food for the soul! The German Cheese Spaetzle can be found on almost every menu of the local Inns. Enjoy the Spaetzle with fried onions and a mixed salad. Happy Cooking.
Ingredients Authentic Swabian Cheese Spaetzle
400 flour
5 eggs
1 tsp salt
about 1/4 l cold water or mineral water
or 300 g dried Spaetzle
2 big onions
salt, pepper to taste
1 tbsp Butter
300 g grated cheese (Emmenthaler, Gouda, any cheese which melts easily but don’t use processed cheese)
water with some salt
optional: chopped chives or parsley
Swabian Spätzle from Bechtle included!
Cooking Instructions Spaetzle
– Sieve the flour into a bowl; add eggs, salt and water and mix it with a wooden spoon.
– Stir the dough until you can see bubbles. Maybe you have to add some more cold water.
– Melt butter in a skillet; peel onions and cut them in small rings. Fry them in the butter until light brown.
– In a big pot bring water to a boil. By using a wooden board or a Spaetzle maker, make the Spaetzle. Stir often with a wooden spoon.
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– When the Spätzle are floating on the surface, they are done. Remove them with a skimmer, and keep in a fireproof bowl in the oven. Before you place them in the oven sprinkle some of the grated cheese on top.
– Repeat above step until the entire dough is gone.
– Peel onions, slice them.
– In a pan with some butter fry the onions until they are brown. Alternatively you can use the already made dried onions.
– Serve Spätzle on warm plates and place some add fried onions on each portion.
– Sprinkle chopped chives/parsley on top.
As a main dish serve the Cheese Spätzle with fried onions and mixed lettuce.
Beautiful Allgäu Countryside
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Where to Buy German Bread Online?
Not long ago I came across bread products that caught my attention. Of course as a German I am missing the nice baked goods. I am still in love with German rolls and bread and, I am sure you know, it’s hard to find in the USA. You can find the items either in special German stores or online. In this article I am answering this one question:
Where to Buy German Bread Online?
There are not many places to find original German rolls and bread online. Especially over the last years with all complications regarding shipping, there are only a few companies left. Let me introduce “The German Brot Box” to you!
The Brotbox is a wholesome Bakery & Makes Bread that Takes Care of you
You can eat their bread without feeling guilty because it’s made out of only a few ingredients in a true German bakery.
German Rolls from the Brot Box
Info at One Glance
– Baked in a German Bakery
– Non-GMO
– No additives or preservatives
– Baking time varies for each rolls – Baking Instructions are on package
– Amount: Each roll comes in a 5 pack
– The order does not ship frozen but with ice packs and insulation for protection against heat
Pumpkinseed Rolls Classic Wheat Rolls
Stone Oven Buerli Potato Carrot Rolls
Low Carb Multi Seed Power Rolls
All Rolls come in a sealed Bag with Handling Instructions – 5 Pieces
Keep the bag at room temperature for a while, pre-heat the oven, then bake them as instructed. Baking time is from 10 to 20 minutes.
Pretzel Specialties from the Brot Box
German Bread Specialties from the Brot Box
Swiss Farmers Bread
Bake the bread per the instructions, let it cool off a bit then cut it and hear the sound of the best crust ever! The crust is crunchy and the inside is soft. So lecker! I couldn’t resist and had a slice when the bread was still warm with just some good Irish butter. So good!
All Your Favorites in One Box
If you love a good assortment of rolls and bread then these boxes below are ideal. You find all the goodies in one box. It’s a great selection and has something for any taste. Plus the box makes a nice gift for a beloved one. The large box comes with free shipping!
ENJOY a GERMAN BREAKFAST with other Original German Items
A German breakfast is a wonderful meal. Especially with German rolls, jam, Müsli and coffee. All these items are in the convenient breakfast box from Lovegermanfood.com.
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OktoberFest Events 2023 in USA and Canada
The Munich Oktoberfest is the most popular and the originator of the Oktoberfest. In 2023 the 188th Oktoberfest is being held on the “Wies’n” for three weekends and the days in between.
Germany’s heritage is celebrated in the USA as well and many cities from NY to Seattle are holding an Oktoberfest. We are happy to show you where Oktoberfests are celebrated by state in America.
LovegermanFood.com has an Oktoberfest Box that contains packaged German specialties that make a great side dish for any Oktoberfest. Just add fresh ingredients such as Brats or meat.
OKTOBERFESTS USA
ALABAMA
Auburn Oktoberfest
September 22-23, 2023, Auburn, AL
Cullman Oktoberfest
September 28 thru September 30, 2023, Cullman, AL
AK
Rogers Oktoberfest
October 14, 2023, Railyard Park, downtown Rogers, AK
ARIZONA
Four Peaks Oktoberfest
October 13-15, 2023, Tempe AZ
Flagstaff Oktoberfest
October 7, 2023, Flagstaff, AZ
ARKANSAS
Rogers Oktoberfest
October 14, 2023, Rogers, AR
Little Rocktoberfest
September 23, 2023, Little Rock, AR
CALIFORNIA
Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest
September 17 thru November 5, 2023, Big Bear, CA
San Diego Oktoberfest
September 29 thru October 8, 2023, San Diego, CA
Old World Oktoberfest
September 17 thru Nov 5, Huntington Beach, CA, every Wednesday – Sunday – Visit Oldworld here –
COLORADO
Vail Oktoberfest
September 15-17, 2023, Vail, CO
Keystone Oktoberfest
September 2, 2023, Keystone, CO
Bavarian Sausages
CONNECTICUT
Milford Oktoberfest
September 22-23, 2023, Milford, CT
DELAWARE
Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest
September 15-17, 2023, Newark, Delaware
DC
Wundergarten DC Oktoberfest
October 18- 19, 2023, Washington, DC
FLORIDA
American German Club Oktoberfest
October 13-15 & 20-22, 2023, Lake Worth, FL
Cape Coral Oktoberfest
October 20-22 & 27-29, 2023, Cape Coral, FL
GEORGIA
Helen Oktoberfest
September 7, 2023 Helen, GA
Oktoberfest Atlanta
Coming in 2024, Atlanta, GA
HAWAII
Oktoberfest Hawaii
September 24, 2023, Aloha Stadium, HI
IDAHO
Oktoberfest Old Boise
September 23, 2023, Boise, ID
Oktoberfest
September 15-16, 2023, Coeur d’Alene, ID
ILLINOIS
German American Fest
September 8-10, 2023, Chicago, IL
German American Heritage Center Oktoberfest
September 9, 2023, Frankfort, IL
INDIANA
German American Klub Oktoberfest
September -9, 2023, Indianapolis, IN
Terre Haute German Oberlandler Club Oktoberfest
September 15-16, 2023, Terre Haut, IN
IOWA
Des Monaise Oktoberfest
September 22-23, 2023, Des Moines, IA
Northside Oktoberfest
September 23, 2023, Iowa City, IA
KANSAS
OzToberfest
October 7, 2023, Wamego, KS
Oktoberfest Hays
September 29-30, 2023, Hays, KS
KENTUCKY
German American Club Gesangverein
September 8-9, 2023, Louisville, KY
Spencer County Octoberfest
October 7, 2023, Taylorsville, KY
LOUSIANA
Oktoberfest NOLA
October 13-14, 20-21,27-28, 2023, New Orleans, LA
Roberts Cove German Fest
October 7-8, 2023, Roberts Cove, LA
MAINE
Saddleback Maine Oktoberfest
October 7, 2023, Rangeley, ME
Portland Oktoberfest
October 5, 2023, Portland, ME
MARYLAND
Pierz Oktoberfest
August 26-27, 2023, Hagerstown, MD
Frederick’s Oktoberfest
September 29-30, 2023, Frederick, MD
MASSACHUSETS
Oktoberfest Massachussetts
October 14, 2023, Hadley, MA
Boylston SchulVerein Oktoberfest
September 9-10, 2023, Walpole, MA
MICHIGAN
Frankenmuth Oktoberfest
September 14-17, 2023, Franken Muth, MI
Oktoberfest Grand Rapids
September 29-30, 2023, Grand Rapids, MI
MINNESOTA
Saint Paul Oktoberfest
September 8-9, 2023, Saint Paul, MN
Twin Cities Oktoberfest
October 6-7, 2023, Falcon Heights, MN
MISSISSIPPI
Desoto County Oktoberfest
September 23, 2023, Southaven, MS
MISSOURI
St. Louis German Cultural Society Oktoberfest
September 8-10, 2023, House Springs, MO
St. Charles Oktoberfest
September 22-24, 2023, St. Charles, MO
MONTANA
Whitefish Oktoberfest
September 28 – October 7, 2023, White Fish, MT
Bavarian Weisswurst with Sweet Mustard
NEBRASKA
German American Society Oktoberfest
September 15-16, 2023, Omaha, NE
Oktoberfest Family Festival
September 22-23, 2023, Norfolk, NE
NEVADA
Hofbrauhaus Oktoberfest
September 8 – October 31, 2023, Las Vegas, NV
Oktoberfest Las Vegas Seven-oh-Brew
September 29 – October 2, 2023, Las Vegas, NV
NEW HAMPSHIRE
White Mountain Oktoberfest
October 7-9, 2023, Lincoln, NH
Oktoberfest!
October 1, 2023, Troy, NH
NEW JERSEY
Mountain Creek Oktoberfest
September 16-17, 2023, Vernon, NJ
Cape-May-New-Jersey Oktoberfest
September 23, 2023, Cape May, NJ
NEW MEXICO
Red River Oktoberfest
October 6-8, 2023, Red River, NM
Discover Ruidoso Midtown Oktoberfest
September 30, 2023, Ruidoso, NM
NEW YORK
Oktoberfest NY
September 8 thru October 31, 2023, New York, NY
Steuben Parade
September 16, 2023, New York, NY
NORTH CAROLINA
Sugar Mountain Oktoberfest
October 7-8, 2023, Sugar Mountain Resorts, NC
Triangle Oktoberfest
October 6-7, 2023, Raleigh, NC
NORTH DAKOTA
Oktoberfest
September 9, 2023, Jamestown, ND
Ashley Oktoberfest
October 7, 2023, Ashley, ND
OHIO
Columbus Oktoberfest
September 8-10, 2023, Columbus, OH
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati
September 8-10, 2023, Cincinnati, OH
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa Oktoberfest
October 19-22, 2023, Tulsa, OK
Ponca City Oktoberfest
October 7-8, 2023, Ponca City, OK
OREGON
Mt. Angel Oktoberfest
September 14-17, 2023, Mt. Angel, OR
German American Society of Portland Oktoberfest
September 9, 2023, Portland, OR
PENNSYLVANIA
Bucks-Mont Oktoberfest
September 9, 2023, Warminster, PA
Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh Oktoberfest
September 6-30, 2023, Pittsburgh, PA
RHODE ISLAND
Newport Oktoberfest
September 16, 2023, Newport, RI
Oktoberfest at-The-Guild
September 16, 2023, Providence, RI
SOUTH CAROLINA
Newberry Oktoberfest
October 7, 2023, NewBerry, SC
Oktoberfest Charleston
October 14, 2023, Charleston, SC
SOUTH DAKOTA
Deadwood Oktoberfest
October 6-7, 2023, Deadwood, SD
Remedy Brewing Company Oktoberfest
September 24, 2023, Sioux Falls, SD
TENNESSEE
Nashville Oktoberfest
October 5-8, 2023, Nashville, TN
Crossville Oktoberfest
October 20-21, 2023, Crossville, TN
TEXAS
Oktoberfest Fredericksburg
October 6-8, 2023, Fredericksburg, TX
Austin Oktoberfest
November 14, 2023, Austin, TX
UTAH
Snowbird Oktoberfest
August 12 thru October 15, 2023, Snowbird, UT
4th West Oktoberfest
September 30, 2023, Salt Lake City, UT
VERMONT
Stowe Oktoberfest
September 16, 2023, Stowe, VT
Oktoberfest Vermont Burlington
September 22-23, 2023, Waterfront Park- Burlington, VT
VIRGINIA
Lovettsville Oktoberfest
September 22-23, 2023, Lovettsville, VA
Vienna Oktoberfest
October 7, 2023, Vienna, VA
WASHINGTON
Oktoberfest Northwest
October 6-8, 2023, Puyallup, WA
Leavenworth Oktoberfest
September 29 thru October 14, 2023, Wenatchee, WA
WEST VIRGINIA
Somerville Oktoberfest
August 22 thru October 7 2023, Summersville, WV
Weathered Ground Brewery Oktoberfest
September 30, 2023, Cool Ridge, WV
WISCONSIN
Kohler Falls Oktoberfest
September 8-9, 2023, Sheboygan Falls, WI
Milwaukee Oktoberfest
October 6-8, 2023, Milwaukee, WI
WYOMING
Downtown Cheyenne Oktoberfest
September 23, 2023, Cheyenne, WY
Oktoberfest and Golf Tournament
September 17, 2023, Saratoga, WY
The Bavarian Favorites
OKTOBERFESTS CANADA
Spiritofreddeer Oktoberfest Alberta
September 23, 2023, Westerner Park, Red Deer, Alberta
Oktoberfest-yql
September 8-9, 2023, Lethbridge, Alberta
British Columbia
Harvesthaus Oktoberfest
September 29-30, 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia
Maplemeadowsrotary Oktoberfest
October 9, 2023, Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Winnipeg Oktoberfest
October 1-2, 2023, Winnipeg, Manitoba
New Brunswick
Oktoberfest Desacadiens
September 1-3,2023, Bertrand, NB
Newfoundland and Labrador
Oktoberfest NL
September 30 thru October 1, 2023, Mount Pearl, NL
St. John Oktoberfest
September 22-24, 2023, St. John’s, NL
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German White Beans Salad
This German white bean salad makes a great salad for your barbecue, is a nice a side dish for Bratwurst or Wiener sausages. Ideal salad for a cold supper with some fresh bread. It is very easy to make. Try it out, you will love it. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients German White Beans Salad
1 small can white beans
1 medium size onion
3 tbsp white or red wine vinegar
6 tbsp sunflower oil
3 tbsp parsley
salt, black pepper to taste
Cooking instructions German White Beans Salad
– Rinse beans in a sieve with cold water. Let drain.
– Peel onion and cut into fine rings. Combine with beans
– Chop parsley fine
– Mix oil and vinegar, add spices.
– Pour the dressing over the beans and mix well.
– Place in fridge for about 30 min.
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