German Recipes and Cookbooks

• Klöße - Dumplings made from potato or dried bread, with milk and egg yolks. This dish is usually known as "knödel" or "knödeln" in Bavaria and Austria.
  
  
• Sauerkraut - Fermented chopped cabbage.
  
  
• Spätzle - The German version of noodles. Spätzle may be used as a side dish with meat, mixed with grated cheese and fried onions and fried or baked ("kässpätzle"), mixed with lentils and frankfurter-style sausages ("linsen, spätzle und saitenwürstle"), mixed with sauerkraut, onions and butter ("krautspätzle"), or used as an ingredient in other dishes, especially stews (for example, "gaisburger marsch").
  
  
• Eisbein - Braised leg of pork, served with gravy, klöße and sauerkraut. In Berlin, it is cooked with pureed peas.
  
  
• Labskaus (also known as "lapskaus") - A dish made with corned beef, beetroot, onion, potatoes, and herring or ham. The meat is boiled in broth, and then minced with the other ingredients. This mixture is then fried in lard. Labkaus is usually served with rollmops (pickled herring fillets) as a side dish.
  
  
• Saumagen - Pork or beef, carrots and onions, with various spices and flavorings, cooked in a sow's stomach ("saumagen" is German for "sow's stomach"). The result is a dish somewhat similar to the Scottish dish, haggis. The stomach itself is not usually eaten and simply serves as a casing - typically the meal is served with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut as accompaniments.
  
  
• Schwenker - Pork steaks, marinated in onions and spices, and then grilled, traditionally over a wood fire.
  
  
• Hasenpfeffer - A sour stew made from marinated rabbit. The sourness comes from wine or vinegar used in the recipe.
  
  
• Blood sausage (German: blutwurst) - Often made from fatty pork meat, but in the Rhineland, horse meat is traditional. A variant known as "zungenwurst" is a pork blood sausage with chunks of pickled pig's tongue added.
  
  
• Bratwurst - A sausage made from pork, beef or veal. Bratwurst is normally served mustard and ketchup. It may also be cut into slices, coated with a curry sauce, and served as "currywurst",
  
  
• Frankfurter sausage - A smoked pork sausage, eaten hot with bread and mustard. While it is undoubtedly the inspiration for the American "frankfurter" sausage eaten in hot dogs, it is not the same.
  
  
• Weißwürste - White sausages made from pork fat. This dish originates in Munich (German: München), and is traditionally eaten in a mid-morning meal known as "second breakfast" (German: Zweites Frühstück).

• Recipes and Cookbooks

Great German Recipes Penfield Pr Released: 2002-08-01 Spiral-bound (160 pages) List Price: $6.95 Lowest New Price: $6.95 Lowest Used Price: $6.45 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 18:37 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: This book, in the popular recipe-card-file-size, stocking-stuffer format, is chock full of best recipes and notes about Germany, including information on German-American culture, language, and sites. The German specialties in this book are wonderful. Beverages of fruit punch and May wine are sure to please any visitor. Start your meal with a dandelion salad and Bremen herring served with Old-Order Amish bread! For a main course try stuffed cabbage rolls or venison Terrine with Black Forest asparagus and caraway potatoes. For dessert, try the Bavarian sweet rolls or Oma's apple dumplings!

Authentic German Home Style Recipes By Gini Youngkrantz B. G. Youngkrantz Company Plastic Comb (290 pages) List Price: $21.95 Lowest New Price: $16.98 Lowest Used Price: $11.29 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 18:37 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: Authentic German Home Style Recipes has over 280 recipes found in German kitchens. Additionally the cookbook has the history of the city of Heidelberg, Germany as well as common German sayings translated into English, many helpful hints and German traditions. All ingredients can be found in U.S. food stores and measurements are in the English system.

Classic German Cookbook: 70 traditional recipes from Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, shown step-by-step in 300 photographs (Classic (Southwater)) By Lesley Chamberlain Southwater Paperback (96 pages) List Price: $9.99 Lowest New Price: $5.60 Lowest Used Price: $6.60 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 18:37 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Full of hearty and nourishing recipes brimming with variety and flavour, this evocative and inspirational cookbook will delight all those new to the traditional cooking of Germany and Central Europe and introduce surprising new recipes to those who have already enjoyed the richness of this classic cuisine.

Spoonfuls of Germany: Culinary Delights of the German Regions in 170 Recipes (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) By Nadia Hassani Hippocrene Books Hardcover (270 pages) List Price: $24.95 Lowest New Price: $15.19 Lowest Used Price: $10.99 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 18:37 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: Spoonfuls of Germany offers an in-depth look at the surprisingly diverse German regional cuisine. Stretching from the shores of the North and Baltic Seas to the Alps, Germany has a large number of distinctive regional dishes that encompass a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, and much more. The country's position in the heart of Europe, bordering on nine nations, has also greatly influenced German food and cooking. The regional specialties in this book present the full spectrum of German food. Spoonfuls of Germany goes beyond the saurkraut and knackwurst stereotype to unveil the often-overlooked diversity of German cuisine. The 170 regional recipes range from classic dishes such as spaetzle and sauerbraten, to forgotten delicacies like Westphalian pumpernickel pudding. Numerous profiles, anecdotes, and food lore complete the book. Complete with b/w photos and maps.

German-American Life: Recipes and Traditions By John D. Zug Penfield Press Paperback (208 pages) List Price: $12.95 Lowest New Price: $47.52 Lowest Used Price: $5.59 (As of 18:37 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here Book Description: Many of the most enchanting ingredients of an old-fashioned American Christmas are of German origin, traditions such as St. Nicholas (Santa Claus), the Christmas tree (Tannenbaum), kugels (blown glass ornaments), woodcarvings (nativity figures, nutcrackers), "The Messiah" by George Frederick Handel, and the Christmas carol "Silent Night," composed on Christmas Eve in 1818 by Franz Gruber. These and other traditions of German origin, embraced worldwide, are described in this book. Also included are historical facts and folklore. German literature, cinema, language art, and heritage are all presented. Karin Gottier's own story of childhood in Germany during World War II and adulthood in America is heart warming. She says: "In November and early December, when the sun sets and the sky turns red, children say that Christkindl is heating his bake oven to make Christmas cookies." The smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, anise, and nuts promise the "tastes of Christmas" (gingerbread men and houses, the beautiful designs of springerle cookies). The recipes included in the book represent a joyous and bountiful observance of the season. German-American Life: Recipes and Traditions features German Americans in Wisconsin, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Connecticut, New York, Missouri, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, and all over the United States.

Betty Groff Cookbook: Pennsylvania German Recipes By Betty Groff RB Books Hardcover (144 pages) List Price: $29.95 Lowest New Price: $15.63 Lowest Used Price: $12.98 Usually ships in 24 hours (As of 18:37 Pacific 8 Jul 2008 More Info) Click Here