Duchess Potatoes – Authentic German Potato Side Dish

duchess potatoes

Duchess Potatoes or “Herzogin Kartoffeln” are a great potato side dish for any entrees or main dishes. They are perfect for venison and steaks. Germans love potatoes and there are more than 200 German potato recipes existing. Enjoy this unique German recipe. Happy Cooking!…

German Marzipan Cookies – Spritz Cookies

marzipan cookies

These German Marzipan cookies are excellent Christmas cookies for marzipan lovers. Marzipan is a baking ingredient and it is made out of almond paste. For these cookies we recommend to get, if possible, the German marzipan or some high quality marzipan without coloring or…

Holstein Apple Cake – Recipe from North Germany

holstein apple cake

You can find many different apple cake recipes in Germany. Today we feature an apple cake as you can find in Schleswig-Holstein, a province in the North of Germany. There you will see apple plantations with special apples, the so called “Cox Holstein” apple…

German Linzer Cookies for Christmas & Holidays

german linzer cookies

The German Linzer Cookies are classic German Christmas cookies which are very popular in Germany. The cookie consists of two layers and has jam in the middle. You can be creative and use your favorite jam, the classic version is using raspberry jam. If…

German Macaroni Cheese Gratin

macaroni gratin

The German Macaroni cheese gratin is a German meatless pasta dish that is inexpensive, easy to make and super yummy! It is similar to Mac and Cheese but the cheese will be baked so you get this delicious cheese crust on top. You can…

Pumpkin Beer Soup – Authentic German Recipe

german pumpkin beer soup

The German Pumpkin Beer soup is special as it is using beer but not any beer, it should be Pilsner beer. We found it at Trader Joes. It is the Pilsener Urquell which is a very good German beer. Try this soup. It’s a…

German Authentic Egg Salad

german authentic egg salad

In Germany we like a light and mainly a cold dinner, the warm meals are reserved for lunch. A popular dish for a cold dinner is the German authentic egg salad. If you can get German bread, you can place some of the salad…

Roasted Almonds – Oktoberfest Food

roasted almonds

Roasted almonds are a German specialty that you will find on every  Oktoberfest, Kirmes, and Christmas Markets throughout Germany. They are also available here in the USA but are not as common as for example the Kettle corn. We found a recipe to make…