Recipes Index

Cream Dressing for Lettuce Salad
A simple salad dressing for lettuce salads. German salad dressing is often very easy with few ingredients. Try this dressing with sweet butter lettuce for a continental taste treat.

German Potato Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing
German potato salad in a warm bacon vinaigrette is an easy, traditional recipe to try. There is no mayonnaise in this made-from-scratch potato salad so it's a perfect picnic salad. The simple sweet-sour dressing is delicious and the bacon adds a salty counterpoint.

Mustard Pork Chops - Easy German Boneless Pork Chops
Mustard Pork Chop recipe has a mustard cream sauce that cooks up quickly with traditional German ingredients. This easy German dinner recipe is simple to make and delicious. Pan-fried, boneless pork chops are ready in under 30 minutes.

Christmas Candy - Traditional Marzipankartoffeln - German Candy Potatoes
Marzipan potatoes are a traditional German Christmas treat. This Christmas candy is simple to make with ground almonds and powdered sugar. Candy potatoes formed from marzipan are small and flavored with rosewater or liqueurs. Marzipankartoffeln are then rolled in cocoa powder and cinnamon.

Pound Cake with Chocolate Bits - Omas Schokostückle Kuchen
German pound cake recipe with chopped chocolate bits will be a hit with a hot cup of tea. This simple recipe for Schokostückle Kuchen is a type of Rührkuchen, from which Königskuchen, Marmorkuchen and other cakes which are baked in a bread form or Kastenform are derived. How to make a German Rührkuchen with chocolate.

Crescent Rolls - Milchhörnchen
This German enriched soft roll recipe shaped into crescent rolls is a customary breakfast food for a continental breakfast. Pair these milchhoernchen with butter and jam for a sweet treat, or fill them before baking with chocolate or cinnamon and sugar. German bakery rolls are easy to make at home.

Twisted Bread - Wurzelbrot
Twisted Bread is the name of a very simple wheat bread from Switzerland. It is a loaf that has been twisted two or three times around itself, giving it a bumpy shape like a tree root. Because it has a long rise in the refrigerator, many of the starches are converted to sugars which caramelize when baked, creating deep, nuanced flavors.

Spaghettieis - Spaghetti Ice Cream Sundae from Germany
Spaghettieis is an ice cream sundae which you can recreate at home. Spaghetti Eis, once found only in German ice cream parlors, is an easy German specialty with a large fun factor. Vanilla ice cream is pressed through a potato ricer and drizzled with strawberry sauce and white chocolate flakes to simulate noodles, tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese.

Sauerkraut in a Mason Jar
German Sauerkraut can be made at home with very little equipment. Homemade sauerkraut is very nutritious and is easy to make. Make German sauerkraut with this simple recipe in a few weeks at home.

Chocolate and Almond Cream Cake - German Schokosahnetorte
German cream cakes are famous the world over and are simple to make. This German Chocolate and Almond Cream Cake is a typical German cake recipe and contains almond meal and grated chocolate. This whipped cream cake is filled with apricot marmalade and clothed in almond-flavored whipped cream.

Black Forest Cherry Cake - Schwarzwälder Kirchtorte
Black Forest Cherry Cake is a simple layer cake to make. This authentic German cake is made up of a chocolate layer cake with cherries in the middle and whipped cream on top. The top is decorated with chocolate sprinkles. Schwarzwälder Kirchtorte is an easy cake to make.

German-Style Chocolate Sponge Cake
A sponge cake recipe is the basis for many cream-filled cakes or German Torten. This chocolate sponge cake has a hint of cinnamon in it, a typical German addition to chocolate. Sahnetorten are one of Germany's wonderful bakery products. Homemade, cream-filled cakes look daunting, but can be constructed with simple kitchen tools and taste great.

Small Butter Dumplings - German Butternocken
Small German dumplings for soup garnishes can be made from a simple recipe with butter, flour and eggs. Traditional German Nocken can be made ahead and frozen, ready to use in clear and cream soups. German Klößchen are an easy way to jazz up a typical German menu.

Birthday Cake with Mascarpone Cream
This German recipe for birthday cake starts with a simple base-layer chocolate cake and jazzes it up with a fresh mascarpone-quark cream, flavored with cinnamon. For a finishing touch you may also want to add the marzipan flowers for your special birthday someone.

Carrot Cream Soup with Cream Cheese Dumplings - Möhrencremesuppe mit Klösschen
Cream of Carrot Soup is a simple soup to make and a great starter course to a German meal. German-style, boiled dumplings are a great addition to this easy cream soup. Make a cream of carrot soup from scratch.

German Cream Cheese Dumplings - Klöβchen als Suppeneinlage
German soup recipes often feature homemade dumplings. This simple German dumpling recipe is good for many different authentic German soups, especially creamed soups. Other names for these German dumplings are Klöβchen, Kloesschen, gnocchi or nocken. The dumplings are made of cream cheese, egg and bread crumbs and take only a few minutes to mix and cook. A simple recipe for Suppeneinlagen.

Simple German Rice Pudding - How to Make Milchreis
German rice pudding, or Milchreis, is a sweet German main dish that is served to children. Milchreis is made with milk, short grain rice, sugar and vanilla or cinnamon flavorings. German rice pudding is usually served with cinnamon and sugar, cherry or other fruit compote.

Strawberry Summer Punch - German Erdbeerbowle
Strawberry Punch, or Erdbeerbowle, is a party must-have at summer parties in Germany. This sweet, alcoholic punch is easy to make and has a very striking color. German white wine and strawberry punch is a wonderful addition to your summer soirée.

Pork Roast with White Wine Sauce - Schweinebraten nach Winzer Art
A German pork roast cooked in an oven bag which produces a moist pork roast. A white wine marinade, onions and allspice are prominent flavors in this pork roast recipe. This is a modern German recipe for pork roast.

Labskaus - a Specialty of the Seafaring town of Hamburg
Labskaus is a German one-dish meal made with mashed potatoes, corned beef and beets. It’s bright red from the beet juice and served with a fried egg, pickles and pickled, rolled herring or Rollmops. Labskaus is a Hamburg delicacy

German Seed Bread - Dreikernebrot
This 100% whole wheat and seed bread uses the epoxy bread-making method. The recipe makes one large free-standing hearth loaf and replicates German bread baking at home. If you are searching for a way to have your traditional German bread outside of Germany, this recipe may help satisfy your craving for chewy bread with a good crust

German Squash Soup - Kürbissuppe
This German Vollwert recipe is a healthy mix of fiber, good oils and taste. Because there is no roux in this soup, it is thickened by pureeing the vegetable, itself. A good appetizer before a light dinner, this modern German cuisine is a quick and light recipe.

Pumpernickel Bread
A conventionally baked rye bread, this bread gives you the flavor of a true, steamed pumpernickel. Raisins, although unusual, provide extra sweetness. This bread only takes a couple of hours to make and bake.

Traditional Viennese Apple Strudel - Altwiener Apfelstrudel
Making Austrian apple strudel from scratch is not difficult. Traditional apple strudel can be time-consuming, but the skill level needed is moderate. Austrian or German apple strudel contains apples, raisins, rum, almonds, bread crumbs, lots of butter, and strudel dough. Try your hand at old-fashioned apple strudel.

The Carter's Roast - Fuhrmannsbraten - Braised Beef Roast
The Fuhrmannsbraten is a braised beef roast recipe which uses a less expensive cut of beef made tender by slow cooking in liquids. A recipe for German pot roast. Traditional German meat and beef recipes rely on making use of tougher beef cuts