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A Short History of Brewing in Germany Created: Sunday, May 19, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Learn how important beer was to Germans through to the 16th century. Beer brewing has a rich past in Germany.
What is the Reinheitsgebot? Created: Sunday, May 19, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Learn about historical and modern German beer law. The Reinheitsgebot, where only three ingredients were allowed in beer, was not the first, nor the last version. What ingredients can Germans legal...
German Reinheitsgebot Text and Translation Created: Sunday, May 19, 2013 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bavarian Beer Purity Law in German and translated into English.
Traditional German Asparagus Recipes for Spring Created: Sunday, April 13, 2008 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
A list of German recipes for asparagus. Traditional uses for white asparagus are delightful. Old-fashioned German recipes taste good. German asparagus recipe collection.
Savory Champagne Sauce for White Asparagus Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
Learn how to make a savory wine cream sauce to use over vegetables. This sauce goes well with steamed asparagus.
White Sauce to Dress Asparagus Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
A white sauce flavored with bacon and shallot. To be used over steamed vegetables or schnitzel.
Cold Parmesan Sauce White Asparagus Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
Instead of melted butter and lemon juice, why not try a creamy, no-cook sauce which goes well with "Spargel?" White or green asparagus is especially good served with this recipe.
Cream Cheese Cookies and Crust Recipe Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
This cream cheese sugar cookie recipe is delicious and has lots of uses. Roll it out for a sweet crust or base to a cake. This crust could hold fruit or cheesecake and turns out crispy every time.
German Bacon versus American Bacon - Satisfying Substitutions for German Speck Created: Sunday, January 25, 2009 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
Many German recipes start off with a few ounces of something called "Bauchspeck", which translates roughly to bacon. What is "Speck" and where can I buy it in the US? A guide to German bacon.
Making Homemade Oxtail Soup - Ochsenschwanzsuppe Created: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013
A rich oxtail soup can be very delicious, but there are several steps to making it at home. Find out how to make this soup with this illustrated step by step recipe.
Milchreis in Slow Cooker Recipe - Rice Pudding Created: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013
Learn how to make Milchreis, a German rice pudding with no eggs, in your slow cooker. Recipe plus instructions. Gluten free.
German Eggnog - Eierlikoer - Recipe for German Egg Liqueur Created: Monday, December 07, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013
German Eggnog is not just for little old ladies who secretly indulge. Many people love sipping the smooth eggnog liqueur flavored with brandy and vanilla. This easy recipe for eggnog liqueur heats ...
Koelsch - Glossary Definition Created: Sunday, April 21, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013
If you have ever wondered about Koelsch-style beer, where it came from and how it is made, find out here now.
Rinder Fond - Recipe for Brown Beef Stock Created: Sunday, April 21, 2013 Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Learn how to make a rich, brown stock with beef or veal bones. Fond is essential to many traditional German dishes but is expensive to buy. Make all-natural stock at home with minimum effort and th...
Save Linda - Rettet Linda - German Potato Pulled From Market Created: Friday, July 11, 2008 Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Save Linda - Rettet Linda - is a German group of concerned citizens trying to save a potato variety from extinction. Linda is a waxy-type potato with good taste and great growing qualities for orga...
Make Your Own German Bread Created: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Updated: Friday, April 05, 2013
With these bread recipes you can bake like they do in the Old Country. Many different kinds of bread recipes are listed, all original. Try rye bread, whole wheat and vollkornbrot recipes, baked at...
Spent Grain Bread Recipe Created: Thursday, January 12, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 05, 2013
Make a loaf of spent grain bread from left-overs from the beer-brewing process. You can add spent grain to almost any bread recipe. Here is one recipe for using spent grain.
Bamberger Zwiebeln - Meat-Stuffed Onions in Beer Sauce Created: Thursday, August 30, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Onions filled with ground meat and braised in smoked beer are a specialty from southern Germany. Frankonian cuisine at its finest.
Johannisbeeren and Schwarze Johannisbeeren - Redcurrant - Red and Black Currant Created: Thursday, August 09, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Red and black currants are small berries born on bushes which ripen in summer. They are used in many cakes and meat dishes, especially wild game, in German cooking.
Chlorine and Bread Making - Should I Use Tap Water for Bread? Created: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Should you use tap water to bake bread? That depends on what is in your water. Learn more here.
Lemon Pound Cake Recipe - Sandkuchen with Glaze Created: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Try this lemon pound cake, or Sandkuchen, recipe baked in a Bundt or Gugelhupf pan. Light and airy, it is a simple recipe that will have them coming back for more.
What Kind of Beer is Altbier? Created: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Altbier is a type of beer brewed in northern Germany, in and around Duesseldorf. Learn about the style and where it came from here.
What is Ovomaltine? Created: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013
What is Ovomaltine? Is it the same as Ovaltine? These questions and more are answered in this glossary article.
Milchkaffee - Café au Lait in German Created: Friday, March 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
What is Milchkaffee and how is it different than café au lait? Learn about German types of coffee with milk here.
Bake Your Own Baguettes Created: Friday, March 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
How to make baguette bread with crispy crust at home in four hours. A simple recipe and photo step by step.
Hochzeitsbrot - Bavarian Bread Specialty Created: Friday, September 07, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
German Hochzeitsbrot is a special, rye and white flour bread traditionally baked for weddings, Sundays and holidays. Recipe take s two days to make using the Detmolder Three-Stage Sourdough Process.
Easy Baguette Recipe - Four Hour Bread - Stangenbrot Created: Friday, March 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
Make Parisian white bread in a half day with this simple recipe. A surprisingly good baguette can come out of your own oven, just in time for dinner.
Swiss Twisted Bread - Recipe for Wurzelbrot Created: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013
Twisted Bread is the name of a very simple wheat bread from Switzerland. Swiss Wurzelbrot is a loaf that has been twisted two or three times around itself, giving it a bumpy shape like a tree root....
Kirsch-Quark Auflauf - Sweet Fruit Casserole Created: Monday, March 18, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A recipe for quark or yogurt casserole with farina and cherries. German cuisine loves sweet casseroles, try this one today!
Mushroom Sauce - Champignonsauce Created: Friday, February 22, 2013 Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013
Basic German-style mushroom sauce recipe for serving over Semmelknoedel and Schnitzel. Mushrooms in cream.
German Main Dish Gallery Created: Friday, October 30, 2009 Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013
German Main Dish Gallery
Jaegerschnitzel - Creamy Mushroom Sauce - Hunter's Cutlet Created: Friday, October 30, 2009 Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013
German Main Dish Gallery

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