German recipes - 14 recipes
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Vanillekipferl
By chefrbc
Sieve the flour onto a baking board
- 50g ground almonds
- 50g ground hazelnuts
- 280g flour
- 70g sugar
- pinch of salt
- 200g butter
- 2 egg yolks
- 5 packs of vanilla sugar
- 0.5 cups icing sugar
Zigeuner Sauce (Gypsy Sauce)
By meadows
This gourmet sauce, Zigeuner Sauce, is a German classic perfect for a schnitzel or side dish
- 3 medium sliced onions
- Olive Oil (for sautéing)
- 6 peppers sliced
- 1 can of diced tomatoes
- 1 small can of tomato purée
- 4 crushed garlic cloves
- ¼ Teaspoon ground paprika
- ¼ Teaspoon white pepper
- ¼ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup chicken stock
- ¼ cup of brown sugar (maybe more - to taste)
- Tip of a knife cayenne pepper
- 4 - 5 cups cold water
- 3 tablespoons (approx.) cornflour mixed with cold water
Apfel-Streuselkuchen (German Apple Crumble Cake)
By chefrbc
This is a very simple but delicious apple cake
- 250g flour
- 15g yeast (preferably fresh)
- 25g sugar
- 125ml lukewarm water
- 30g butter (melted)
- 1 egg
- Pinch of salt
- 1tsp lemon peel
- 1kg apples
- 350g flour (Streusel)
- 200g sugar (Streusel)
- 1pack Vanilla sugar (Streusel)
- 200g butter (Streusel)
- 100g currants
Baked Krapfens
By smuz90
Warm up the milk to body temperature, add sugar an dyeast and set aside until foam appears
- 450g chapatti brown flour
- 1 sachet dried active yeast
- 50g vegetable oil
- 10 drops lemon essential oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 230ml soy milk
- 70g brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- jam for filling
zazziki
By fionn
german style
- 1 cuecumber pealled
- 250ml yogurt natrual
- lemon juice
- olive oil
- 7 cloves garlik
- salt
- pepper
Sauerkraut
By smuz90
Shread the cabbage using a food processor
- 1 whole cabbage
- 2 tsp salt
Seafood Sauerkraut
By Pierrick Leroux
Rehydrate the seaweed. Chop the cabbage into thin strips and blanch in boiling water and drain
- - 200 g of dried seaweed of your choice
- - 1.5 kg white cabbage
- - 250 g of onions
- - 2 cloves of garlic
- - 10 peppercorns
- - 100 g butter
- - 150 ml dry white wine
- - 300 g thick smoked pork belly
- - 600 g pollack
- - 600 g sea trout or salmon
- - 200 g shelled prawns
- - 500 g mussels
- - 200 g langoustines
Streuselkuchen
By chefrbc
Sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl
- Dough:
- 450g flour
- 30g yeast
- 2 cups lukewarm milk
- 50g butter
- 50g sugar
- 1 egg
- pinch of salt
- Filling:
- 200g butter
- 200g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1kg quark
- 40g corn starch
- pinch of salt
- peel from lemon
- Streusel:
- 350g flour
- 200g sugar
- pinch of salt
- pinch of ground cinnamon
- 200g butter
Genuine German Strudel Pastry
By chefrbc
This recipe allows you to create a beautiful Strudel with the filling of your choice
- 250g flour
- 0.5 cup lukewarm water
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp lard (alternatively butter/margarine)
- melted butter (for brushing)
- icing sugar (for dusting)
German Baked Cheesecake
By chefrbc
Super simple baked cheesecake
- Dough:
- 125g flour
- 60g butter
- 60g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 1 pod Butter-Vanille (Dr. Oetker)
- 1tsp baking powder
- Filling:
- 500g quark (should be quite firm)
- 100g sugar
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 1 pod Butter-Vanille (Dr. Oetker)
- lemon juice
- 1tbsp cornflour
- 0.5cup vegetable oil
- 3 egg
More German recipes
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Eggless Blackforest Cake
- For the sponge
- Condensed milk– 400 grams(1 can)
- Butter – 125 grams
- Flour – 225 grams
- Cocoa powder – 3-4 tablespoons
- Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
- Baking soda – 1 teaspoon
- Aerated cola – 200ml(I used Coke)
- For sugar syrup
- Sugar – ½ cup
- Water – ½ cup
- For cream
- Fresh cream – 300 ml
- Powdered sugar – 4-5 tablespoons
- Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon
- For Filling and Garnishing
- A cup of cherries chopped fine-I used glazed cherries-reserve a few for garnishing on top.
- A bar of milk dark chocolate (100 grams
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Sauerbraten
- 0.75-1kg beef cut (your favourite roasting cut)
- Marinade:
- 250ml vinegar
- 375ml water
- 500ml red wine (optional)
- 1 onion
- 1 large carrot
- 1 celeriac
- 1tbsp sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 4 pepper corns
- 5-6 whole cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- Sauce:
- Bread crust or corn starch to thicken
- Rübenkraut (treacle / molasses) to sweeten
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Schnitzel
- Meat of choice
- Butter
- 1 egg
- 50g plain flour
- 50g breadcrumbs
- pepper
- salt
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Meatloaf
- Low-calorie cooking spray
- 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
- 1 carrot, peeled and coarsely grated
- 1 celery stick, finely chopped
- 100g rindless lean bacon, all visible fat removed, chopped
- 400g extra lean minced beef
- 500g lean pork steaks, all visible fat removed, roughly chopped
- 1 level tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 large gherkins, roughly chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2tsp chopped thyme
- 4tbsp chopped parsley
- a pinch of grated nutmeg
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- chopped parsley
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