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    Home » World Recipes

    German food recipes

    German food might have a reputation for being all sausages and little more, but there's more variety than you might think. Try some traditional German recipes from soups (like German pancake soup) to spaetzle as well as regional and Austrian recipes, like Kaiserschmarrn.

    Many of the recipes are comforting and hearty, but these dishes are full of flavor as well.

    • close view of plate of lemon almond cookies, zedernbrot
      Lemon almond cookies (Zedernbrot)
    • bowl of German potato soup, kartoffelsuppe, with spoon below bowl.
      German potato soup (Kartoffelsuppe)
    • skillet of Schupfnudeln.
      Schupfnudeln (German potato noodles)
    • bowl of Germknödel served with vanilla sauce.
      Germknödel (Austrian filled sweet dumplings)
    • bowl of Vanillesosse German vanilla sauce with vanilla pods below
      Vanillesoβe, German vanilla sauce
    • three glasses of Rote Grütze (Rote Gruetze)
      Rote Grütze (red berry pudding)
    • bowl of white asparagus soup with spoon below bowl.
      White asparagus soup
    • a cinnamon star cookie (zimtsterne) resting on bowl with additional cookies
      Zimtsterne - cinnamon star cookies
    • German braised red cabbage in front of pork with gravy and part view of dumpling to side
      German red cabbage with apples (Rotkohl)
    • slice of apricot cake marillenkuchen on plate in front of tin
      Austrian apricot cake (Marillenkuchen)
    • vanillekipferl vanilla crescent cookies stacked in small bowl
      Vanillekipferl (vanilla crescent cookies)
    • plate of jaegerschnitzel with beans and spaetzle
      Traditional Jaegerschnitzel (schnitzel with mushroom sauce)
    • plate of Schweinebraten - German pork roast with red cabbage and dumpling
      Schweinebraten - German pork roast
    • Traditional German stollen with prunes
    • German beef rouladen
      Beef Rouladen
    • dampfnudel served with vanilla sauce over top and jam to side with spoonful resting on top
      Dampfnudel (German sweet dumplings)
    • German plum cake
      German plum cake (Pflaumenkuchen)
    • Flammekueche (tarte flambee from Alsace) close up
      Flammkuchen (Flammekueche/tarte flambee from Alsace)
    • close up of a star shaped Basler brunsli, a Swiss chocolate almond cookie, with parts of others in background and to side.
      Basler brunsli (Swiss chocolate almond cookies)
    • sauerbraten on serving platter with some sliced to front
      Sauerbraten
    • traditional German Christmas cookies
      German Christmas cookies
    • loaf of sourdough rye bread with a couple slices cut from overhead
      Sourdough Rye Bread
    • Obatzda (German beer cheese dip)
      Obatzda (German beer cheese dip)
    • skillet of Kaiserschmarrn torn pancakes viewed from overhead.
      Kaiserschmarrn (Austrian torn pancakes)
    • black plate with four German ginger cookies with others on rack to side, and some Christmas decorations on other sides
      German ginger cookies (ingwerplätchen)
    • glass of gluhwein garnished with a slice of lemon.
      Gluhwein (German mulled wine)
    • Bacon onion spaetzle with forkful held over rest
      Bacon onion spaetzle
    • bowl of German green beans Speckbohnen with spaetzle in background
      Speckbohnen (German green beans)
    • bowl of German pancake soup from overhead
      German pancake soup (Flädlesuppe)
    • Wiener schnitzel on plate with potatoes and beans
      Wiener schnitzel
    • German potato pancakes with applesauce to side
      German potato pancakes (kartoffelpuffer)
    • herb spaetzle
      Herb spaetzle
    • German hazelnut Christmas cookies
      German hazelnut Christmas cookies
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