German Recipes
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Sizzled Bratwurst With Mashed Potatoes
Spiced and savory German sausages, bratwurst are a juicy secret weapon for busy workdays. When served at home, they can be pan-fried or grilled and served with mashed potatoes, warmed sauerkraut and hot German mustard, all of which balance the richness of the fatty sausages. The simple bratwurst technique in this recipe is pulled straight from German home cooking: simmer the sausages in water to plump them up first before letting that water evaporate, then sear the outsides in the bratwurst’s own rendered fat. Bratwurst are also a popular street or festival food in Germany, in which case they might be served with bread rolls called brötchen or semmel. Wash this hearty and nourishing (but surprisingly not too heavy) dish down with a cold German lager, pilsner or wheat beer such as Hefeweizen.
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Potato Doughnuts
Pillowy-soft doughnuts made with mashed potatoes and brown butter.
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Rösti (Swiss Potato Cake)
Twice-cooked potatoes are the key to this crispy Swiss-German potato cake.
Green Cabbage Slaw (Krautsalat)
This mild, addictively delicious green cabbage salad or krautsalat was a favorite of my mother's. The key to this recipe is soaking the cabbage.
German Spaetzle Recipe
My father and his parents were born in the small town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany, and because of that I have been lucky enough to enjoy real German food right here in Los Angeles all my life. My Oma (grandmother in German) who is going on 96 was kind enough to share some recipes before her memory started to fade. Here is a real authentic German Spaetzle recipe that can be accompanied with a heavy dish like Rouladen or can be smothered with butter and a white cheese of your choice (my favorite is Danish Butter) for a simple meal. It requires a Spaetzle maker that can be found on Amazon or any other specialty kitchen site. I have heard that you can use a colander, ricer or just slowly pour it using the back of a spoon but I have not tried those methods (and heard some make a mess) so I recommend getting a Spaetzle maker for $6! My family has 2 makers and we used a not so common looking one when taking the pictures but its the same method for all.
Horseradish Beer Mustard
This mustard, from “Tart and Sweet,” by Jessie Knadler and Kelly Geary, is easy, fiery and great. Use it to elevate a simple dinner of sausages, roast chicken or steak.
"The Black Forest Bowle"
This Bowle recipe is a nice, fruity summer drink. Deep red color and flavor seeps out of the cherries and they inherit booziness in return. Use dry Riesling.
German Potato Salad
The reassurance of potato salad, its portability, conviviality and – depending on the cook – blank slate for creativity have been appealing to Americans since the last half of the 19th century. Immigrants and travelers to America introduced many styles, including variations of salade Nicoise (the French salad of potatoes, olives, green beans and tuna, dressed with vinaigrette), and salade Russe (cubed potatoes, peas and carrots bound with mayonnaise). German settlers brought hot potato salad, and that savory combination of warm potatoes lightly dressed with hot bacon fat and vinegar became entrenched in Pennsylvania and throughout the Midwest. This is an adaptation of a classic version that was first published in the 1931 edition of “The Joy of Cooking.”
Gingerbread Men, Silesian-Style
Sauerbraten
Moira Hodgson's Potato Pancakes
Basic Spaetzle
Pierre Franey's Potato Pancakes
Rotkraut
This recipe for rotkraut, a tart dish of pickled red cabbage simmered with warm spices in a dry red wine, came to The Times from Debbie Himmler of Cincinnati. The dish, a nod to her grandparents’ German heritage, makes regular appearances on her family’s Thanksgiving table, but can be served year round. It’s best prepared a day or two ahead, and also freezes well — a real boon if you’re planning a big meal. Just reheat it in a covered saucepan on the stove the day you plan to serve it.
Potato Kugel
Make this ahead — the flavor really comes out after it has been reheated.
Classic Chicken Schnitzel With Smashed Cucumbers
If making chicken schnitzel sounds hard, perhaps it’s because you’ve never tried. The technique itself is so simple, effective and addictive that you might find yourself turning to it all the time. For the crispest crust, you'll want to keep the hot oil circling the schnitzel as it cooks, creating a little space between the crust and the chicken. As for the side, giving your cucumbers and green beans a good whack with the rolling pin opens them up and creates crevices that soak up the harissa and garlic. Be generous with the squeezes of lemon at the end. They'll bring the chicken and spiced cucumbers to their fullest flavor.
Rhineland Sauerbraten
“Braising is a cooking method that is little understood and much neglected,” Mimi Sheraton wrote in The Times in 1983. “The long, slow, moist process fills the house with warm scents of simmering meats, vegetables and herbs and yields in robust main courses that include rich sauces and gravies to be aborbed by potatoes, rice or noodles. And because the moisture tenderizes the meat, even the least expensive cuts gradually take on savory overtones.” She accompanied her article with this luscious sauerbraten, which benefits greatly from larding the meat with bacon or salt pork, and is even better the day after it is prepared.
Eintopf (Braised Short Ribs With Fennel, Squash and Sweet Potato)
There are as many versions of eintopf, a hearty German stew, as there are people who love it. A traditional eintopf may include bratwurst and sauerkraut, but it’s how it is cooked that’s important (eintopf translates to “one pot”). This particular recipe, made with bone-in short ribs, is braised until the meat melts off the bone. Fennel — fresh bulb and dried seeds — stars in the braise, while the fronds are sliced for garnishing. Every bite of this stew bursts with flavor, and, as is the case with so many one-pot meals, this dish will only improve with time as all the ingredients sit and mingle. Serve this hot off the stove, with some warm crusty bread for dipping. If you plan to save it for later, reserve the fresh greens for stirring in right before serving.
Almond Schnecken
The Dough
Wedding Wurst
Currywurst
Created in postwar Berlin in 1949, currywurst originated as a “poor man’s steak,” cobbled together using sausages, canned tomatoes and curry powder. Today, it’s a popular street food across Germany, although how you enjoy it depends on the vendor and your preferences: The sausages can be served with or without skin, and you can request your currywurst sauce to be scharf (hot) or even extra-scharf. In traditional German currywurst sauces, tomatoes and vinegar provide acidity, sugar or juice lend sweetness and mild curry powder adds spice (although some adventurous cooks add other aromatics and spices, like mustard powder, hot chile or even lemongrass). This recipe, adapted from Alfons Schuhbeck's “The German Cookbook” (Phaidon, 2018), is a great introduction, not too spiced or too sweet, and can be customized according to taste.
Bratwurst With Sauerkraut and Potatoes