Summer Drink Sangria
If you were on vacation in Spain you probably know the summer drink Sangria. Because Spain is a super popular vacation spot for Germans, the drink made it into Germany and has become a party beverage. You can get Sangria already made in bottles at regular supermarkets but there’s nothing better than the home made version. Happy Summer!
Ingredients Sangria
1 organic orange
150 g sugar
1 organic lemon
700 ml dry white wine and 700 ml dry red wine
250 g each: peaches, grapes, red and green mix, strawberries, 1 small container raspberries
1 apple
100 ml orange liquor, eg Grand Manier
Instructions Sangria
– Rinse lemon and orange with hot water.
– Cut horizontally in thiner slices, remove kernels if you see some
– Combine with sugar and wine (both red and white) in a punch bowl or wide enough glas container.
– Stir until sugar has dissolved.
– Place in fridge and keep cool for at least 6 hours or over night.
– Prepare the fruit and chop into small pieces. It would be good to peel apples.
– Before serving add the fruit and liquor to the wine, if you like add some ice cubes but not too many so it won’t get watery. You could add some frozen wine cubes alternatively.
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Super Easy German Fruit Cake – Obstkuchen
Here is a super easy German fruit cake that can be made within minutes. We call the base cake (it’s like a sponge cake) in German a “Tortenboden” and the entire cake would be an “Obstkuchen”.
You don’t have to be a master baker or chef to create this cake – it is really very easy. I found this recipe and thought I have to give it a try. It sounded very easy and simple. I also never used oil for making the base cake. So I became curious. And what do you say? It’s a really delicious cake and tastes like the ones that you can buy in a German supermarket. From now on I will use this recipe all the time when the time has come to use some ripe and fresh fruit for this special German cake from my childhood! Happy Baking!
Ingredients Super Easy German Fruit Cake
6 tbsp sunflower oil or avocado oil
6 tbsp sugar
3 eggs
6 tbsp flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla sugar – How to make Vanilla Sugar –
fruit of your choice (strawberries, blueberries, bananas, sour cherries, canned mandarins, canned pears or peaches and apricots)
1 package red glaze Dr Oetker – Make the Glaze from Scratch –
Baking Instructions
– Mix eggs with sugar and beat until dough is bubbly
– Add oil spoon by spoon to the eggs, then sieve in flour.
– Mix flour and baking powder, then combine with egg mix. Mix well.
– Grease the baking form with some butter.
– Sprinkle the form with some breadcrumbs of neutral taste (no spices or herbs) or some flour.
– Pour dough into a non-stick German pie form for the base cake, diameter 11 inches (see below the one on Amazon).
– Pre-heat oven to 375 F.
– Bake for about 5-10 min.
The cake will be done when no dough will stick on a tooth pic that has been poked into the dough. The base cake should have a light golden color.
– When cake is done let it cool off, then place it onto a big plate that should be bigger than the cake (upside down).
– Cut bigger fruit in halves or smaller such as strawberries and place them on top of the cake.
– Make the glaze per instructions and pour it over the fruit.
– Find the Dr Oetker Red Glaze here –
– Let cool off.
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Herrentoast – Classic Version and Franconia Style
For making the Herrentoast you can practically use your favorite bread, the classic recipe would use Farmers Bread. The bread is topped with a nicely spiced mix of ground beef or pork schnitzel with cheese which makes a delicious lunch or dinner. It’s unclear where the dish originated, the name is rather ambiguous as the word “Herr” means Mister. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients Herrentoast Franconia
4 servings
200 g ground beef alternatively 4 pork schnitzel
4 slices Farmers bread or whole grain (Schwarzbrot)
100 g cheese, Gouda or Emmenthaler
2 small onion, chopped
1 smaller red pepper, chopped
1 tbsp chilisauce, alternatively cayenne pepper
salt, pepper to taste
2 tsp paprika powder, mild
1 egg
Cooking Instructions Herrentoast
– Grate the cheese.
– Combine meat with all ingredients, except the cheese, mix well. Leave some of the chopped red pepper.
– Spread a thin layer of the meat mix evenly on all bread slices.
– Add grated cheese on top.
– Place the slices on a baking tray.
– Pre-heat oven to 400F.
– Bake toast for about 20-25 min.
When done sprinkle with paprika powder and red pepper.
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Classic Herrentoast with Pork
4 toast bread slices
4 pork medallions
2 -3 white mushrooms
2 tbsp chopped bacon (Speck)
1small onion
2 tsp mixed herbs (parsley, chives, etc)
4 slices cheese such as Emmenthaler or Gouda
1 tsp butter
salt, pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions
– Peel onions and chop fine. Cut meat into small cubes .
– Heat some butter and fry onions with meat briefly, add sliced mushrooms. Remove from heat.
– Season to taste.
– Add the cheese on top.
– Broil until cheese has melted.
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Authentic German Goulash Recipe with Paprika
This is an original German Goulash recipe or paprika beef stew with red pepper and mushrooms (in German Gulasch or Rindsgulasch). It is one of the best goulash variations and I got the recipe from my sister-in-law from Germany. It is an authentic German recipe, proven and easy to make. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients German Goulash Recipe
(serves 4)
500 g beef stew
2 medium size onions
2 red peppers
250 g mushrooms, white
2 tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp Tomato paste
salt, pepper, to taste
2 tsp mild red paprika or use the EDORA Goulash seasoning – see below
Cooking Instructions German Goulash
– Heat oil in a skillet; fry meat briskly bit by bit (don’t use it all at once); when all meat is browned take off the skillet.
– Chop onions finely, saute until transparent in the same skillet.
– Cut red pepper in fine stripes, add to onions and saute for some minutes.
– Add meat, spice with salt, pepper and mild red paprika powder or Edora seasoning.
– Add 2-3 tbsp tomato paste, fill up with some water (1/2 cup or less; should not be too thin).
– Reduce heat and let simmer for 1.5 – 2 hours until meat is tender (depends on the meat).
– 10 minutes before the end of cooking time add the sliced mushrooms.
Serve with your favorite pasta, dumplings or rice.
Insects instead of a delicious Beef Stew? Imagine this! Dr Berg talks about this very strange Idea
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Toast Hawaii – Best German Snack
If you had been to Germany yo might have seen this classic German snack Toast Hawaii in menus in country inns. It’s such a delicious small meal that is very easy to make and it doesn’t need special ingredients. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients Toast Hawaii
4 Servings
For each serving you need ONE
sliced pine apple, can, preferably unsweetened
slice of toast bread, wheat (in Germany we would use the Golden Toast)
– RECIPE: How to Make German Golden Toast Bread –
enough butter to spread on each slice
boiled ham, sliced
sliced cheese such as Swiss Cheese
if you like decorate with cherries or lingonberry jam
mayonnaise, optional
Cooking Instructions
– Pre-Heat oven to 375 F (180 C).
– Spread butter evenly on each slice of toast.
Optional: spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on top.
– Drain pineapples, let drip in a sieve.
– Place on top the ham, followed by the pineapple and at last a slice of cheese.
– Use parchment paper on the oven rack and place the toast directly onto the paper.
– In a few minutes the cheese will melt and it will get brown.
– When you see that the cheese has melted into the pine apple opening and gets brown, you should remove the toast right away. It will be after about 6 minutes.
– Let cool off a bit before you enjoy this delicious snack.
Makes a Great Gift: The German Snack Box – Buy Here –
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German Green Beans with Bacon
Learn today how to make German Green Beans with Bacon, nicely wrapped. It’s a delicious side dish for any menu. The recipe is using summer savory (Bohnenkraut) which is an herb that came to Germany in the 9th century, brought by monks to grow in their monastery gardens.
Summer savory is used in combination with vegetable like beans, lentils, dried peas and helps with the digestion, diminishing unpleasant side effects. Find it fresh on a farmers market, or get the seeds. It is not quite a common American herb, and it might be a bit difficult to find it. Using dry summer savory can be the alternative.
Green beans are very nutritious. They are low in Sodium, and very low in saturated Fat and cholesterol. Green beans make also a good source of Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Copper, and a very good source of dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate and Manganese. As you can see this green vegetable is very nutritious. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients German Green Beans with Bacon
800 g fresh green beans
10 branches summer savory (Bohnenkraut), fresh – optional
1 garlic clove (optional)
1 tsp black pepper corns
2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp oil
8 slices bacon (Speck) or German ham, alternatively Prosciutto
1 tbsp butter
water to cook the beans, 1 dash salt
EDORA SEASONINGS ADD the SPECIAL TASTE
Cooking Instructions
– Wash beans and remove ends.
– Peel garlic clove, smash peppercorns.
Place oil in a pan, roast whole garlic clove, pepper corns, salt and summer savory briefly in oil.
– Add water, let cook for 10 min, drain.
– Separate beans in 3 portions. In this broth bring each green bean portion to a boil and let cook until soft (not too soft, they should be al dente)
– Dip beans fast in ice cold water (ice cubes and some water) to let them cool off, place on kitchen cloth and dry them.
– Wrap about 8-10 beans in 1 slice of bacon. If you use German ham or Prosciutto don’t pan fry.
– Heat butter in fire proof form (iron cast), place wrapped beans in form, cover with lid. You also can use a regular skillet and fry the beans until bacon is crunchy.
Important is to place the wrapped beans with the bacon seam facing the bottom and not facing the top. You can use tooth picks to hold the wrap together.
– Bake for 5 min on 360 F
– Turn them one time.
SERVING OPTIONS
Side dish for pork chops, pork or beef roast
With Fried Potatoes or Potato Salad
Roesti
Filet Mignon
Steaks
Good Source for German Style Meats Sausages
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Herring Salad – German Hang Over Breakfast
New Years Day is the perfect day for a herring salad because in general New Years parties come along with lots of drinking, so the next day is a hang over day. Now we need a “Katerfruehstueck” which means in English “hangover breakfast”. A herring salad is a typical hangover breakfast because it is sour and zesty – just right for such a breakfast. Happy New Year!!
Ingredients Herring Salad
2 eggs
2 tbsp apple juice
sour cream, natural yogurt
salt, ground black pepper, 1 pinch sugar
1/2 bundle dill
2 onions
2-3 pickles preferably German pickles
2 medium sized apples
8 pickled herrings each one 50g – Find it Here –
Cooking Instructions Herring Salad
– Boil eggs, keep them for some seconds in cold water and peel them.
– Drain pickles but keep the pickle liquid.
– Mix mustard, yoghurt, sour cream, 4 tbsp pickle liquid and apple juice.
– Spice with salt, sugar and black pepper; cut dill fine and add it.
– Cut onions in rings, apples in small pieces.
– Chop herring in smaller pieces, eggs in small quarters.
– Mix onions, pickles, apples, herring and eggs carefully (it should not get mushy).
– Cover the bowl and let salad in the fridge for at least 1 hour (preferably up to one day; make it the evening before and it will be just right for the party, or the day before for New years Day).
– Before your serve the salad try it and spice it again if necessary.
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Easy German Apple Streusel Cake
This easy German apple streusel cake is one of our favorite cakes (streusel means crumbles). It can be varied with the Damson plums, peaches or apricots. It is the ultimate “Kaffee and Kuchen Cake” in Germany – what we call a typical coffee cake. The cake is easy to make, even baking beginners can be proud of themselves. Give it a shot. This is a proven recipe from Germany. Happy Baking!
Ingredients Easy German Apple Streusel Cake
Dough
300 g flour
200 g butter
1 egg
100 g sugar
lemon juice
1 package vanilla sugar, 0.28oz
OR
– How to make Vanilla Sugar –
1 dash salt and 1 tsp baking powder (preferably Dr Oetker, not baking soda)
Baking Made Easy – German Streusel Cake Baking Mix
Topping
5 medium sized apples
cinnamon to taste
For the Streusel (Crumbles): 200 g flour, 200 g butter, 100 g sugar
Baking Instructions
– Combine all ingredients for the dough, mix until everything is combined well, then knead dough until it has a firm consistency, it should not fall apart.
– Form to a ball.
– Wrap dough in foil and keep cool for at least 30 min.
– Peel apples, remove core, slice them, mix with cinnamon. Sprinkle with lemon juice (prevents browning).
– Layer a deep baking dish (Height 2 inches, Length 16 inches) with parchment paper or grease it thoroughly with butter and dust with flour generously.
– Gently press the dough into the baking dish with a rim that is about 1 inch high.
– Pre-heat oven to 350F.
– Place apples on top of the dough.
– For the streusel combine all ingredients, mix until you get a crumbly dough.
– Evenly spread the crumbles on apples.
– Bake in pre-heated oven for 20-30 min on 350 F (175C). The baking time depends on your oven.
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