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    Home › Recipes

    German Food

    I love cooking the foods of my German heritage and am thrilled to share some of those recipes with you. The flavour and love that goes into these dishes makes for food that 'schmecks wunderbar'!

    From Sauerkraut to the world famous German Torten (fancy cakes), you'll have fun exploring this delicious cuisine.

    • Thumbnail photo of a Christmas platter of Marzipan Kränze (German wreath cookies) with Christmas balls in the background.
      Marzipan Kränze - German Marzipan Wreath Cookies
    • square thumbnail photo of gingerbread bundt cake, decorated and on a red pedestal cake stand with spruce boughs.
      Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Marzipan Filling
    • Square thumbnail photo of clear glass bowl with chive salad, on a yellow background.
      Chive Salad (Schnittlauchsalat)
    • Square photo of slice of mandarin cream torte with cake behind.
      Mandarinen Sahnetorte (German Mandarin Cream Torte)
    • square thumbprint photo of 2-tier tray with snowballs in paper muffin cups, plate in front with 2 snowballs on it.
      Raspberry Snowballs (Schneeballen)
    • thumbnail photo of mound of German bread spice, jar of Brot Gewürz, loaf of rustic bread.
      Brot Gewürz - German Spice Mix for Bread Baking
    • Lebkuchen Loaf
      German Lebkuchen Loaf
    • Christmas Trifle Thumbprint.
      German Gingerbread Christmas Trifle with Cranberries and White Chocolate
    • thumbnail top-down view of a plate of Magenbrot diamonds on a lace doily on a plate with Christmas balls around.
      Magenbrot (A Soft & Spicy German Christmas Cookie)
    • pouring a puddle of easy hollandaise sauce over a stack of cooked white asparagus on a black plate.
      Easy Hollandaise Sauce with White Asparagus (Spargel mit Hollandaise)
    • whole Eierlikörtorte, with egg liqueur layer on top and purple pansies.
      Eierlikörtorte (German Egg Liqueur Torte)
    • decorated yule log with marzipan mushrooms and marzipan pine cones, greenery and candle behind.
      Bûche De Noël (Yule Log) German Style, with Lebkuchen and Marzipan
    • Buttered Bread and Bratwurst Bake
      Bratwurst Bake with Spanish Sweet Onions & Grapes
    • a tumble of Basler Leckerli for Christmas
      Basler Leckerli: Christmas Cookie Recipe from Switzerland
    • a stollen sliced up to serve
      Stollen, the Classic German Christmas Cake (It's 'Quarkstollen', the Quicker Version)
    • slice of Bavarian Apple Cake
      Bavarian Apple Cake (Bayrischer Apfelkuchen)
    • plate of Pfundstopf - thumbnail
      Pfundstopf (German Mixed Meat Casserole for a Party)
    • sweet and sour lentil eintopf stew
      German-Style Sweet and Sour Lentil 'Eintopf' (One Pot)
    • German Egg Salad Thumbnail
      Eiersalat - German Egg and Apple Salad
    • 3 Hungarian plum dumplings on a pink plate, one of them is cut open to show the plum inside
      Plum Dumplings (Zwetschgenknödel)
    • top down view of three glasses of cranberry mulled wine
      Cranberry Mulled Wine (Glühwein)
    • bowl of sorrel soup with chives
      Sorrel Soup (Sauerampfer Suppe) Makes me Smile
    • Pickle Soup in the Ladle
      Potato, Leek, and Dill Pickle Soup
    • lovage souffle
      Love, Love, Lovage . . . You Gotta Plant Some Lovage (and make this Soufflé)
    • German Style Sauerkraut with Bacon, Apples and Onions
      German Style Sauerkraut - 'Schmeckt Wunderbar'! (and a Vancouver Visit)
    • two clear glass mugs of German gluhwein with orange wedges
      Hot Mulled Glühwein and the Christmas Market in Munich, Bavaria
    • Plate of German Potato Salad
      Back Home Again with Wonderful Memories and a German Potato Salad
    • bowl of maronensuppe with two stilton toasts on the rim
      Chestnut Soup (Maronensuppe) with Stilton Toasts
    • a slice of crustless apple pie being served
      German Crustless Apple Pie - Creamy & Loaded with Apples
    • pickled eggs - halves
      Classic Pickled Eggs - Bring Back This Tasty Old-Fashioned Snack
    • Feuerwehrkuchen (Fire Brigade Cake)
    • Misty Moisty Mornings and Watermelon Pickles
    • gluten free vegan crepes or rollpfannkuchen with strawberries and cherries
      Rollpfannkuchen is Just Another Name for Crepes (or Gluten Free Vegan Crepes)
    • just a bowl of simple red and yellow tomatoes cut into a salad
      Tomatensalat (German Tomato Salad)
    • sauerkraut potato salad
      Sauerkraut Potato Salad for Barbecue Season
    • simple farm dinner, braised kale with buckwheat
      Braised Kale with Buckwheat and Bratwurst
    • sauerbraten sliced up and ready to serve
      Sauerbraten
    • Zimtsterne German Christmas Cookies
      Zimtsterne - 'Cinnamon Stars' - Traditional German Christmas Cookies
    • poinsettia cocktail and a merry Christmas
      Merry Christmas, and a Toast to You with Poinsettia Cocktail Punch
    • Dinner is served - German Savoy cabbage, mustard cream, and little sausage dumplings
      Savoy Cabbage with Mustard Cream and Sausage Dumplings

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