German cuisine

300 recipes

Hearty, regional and often steeped in tradition: German recipes, from Sunday roasts and stews to dumplings, cakes and evening bread suppers (Abendbrot). Among them are classics such as Beef Roulades, Cheese Spätzle, Potato Pancakes, Lentil Stew and Königsberg Meatballs – all without pork, with photos and detailed instructions.

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Beef Roulades Beef Roulades120 min · Challenging Cheese Spätzle Cheese Spätzle35 min · Easy Chicken Schnitzel Chicken Schnitzel25 min · Easy Potato Pancakes Potato Pancakes30 min · Easy Lentil Stew Lentil Stew45 min · Easy Königsberg Meatballs Königsberg Meatballs50 min · Medium Beef Goulash Beef Goulash110 min · Medium Bread Dumplings with Mushroom Cream Sauce Bread Dumplings with Mushroom Cream Sauce40 min · Medium Swabian Potato Salad Swabian Potato Salad30 min · Easy Vegetarian Flammkuchen Vegetarian Flammkuchen30 min · Easy Pan-Fried Meat Patties Pan-Fried Meat Patties30 min · Easy Potato Soup Potato Soup40 min · Easy Sauerbraten Sauerbraten150 min · Challenging Roast Chicken Roast Chicken70 min · Easy Asparagus with Hollandaise Asparagus with Hollandaise35 min · Medium Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Stuffed Cabbage Rolls90 min · Medium Maultaschen Maultaschen60 min · Challenging Trout Meunière Trout Meunière30 min · Medium Kaiserschmarrn Kaiserschmarrn25 min · Medium Apple Pancake Apple Pancake25 min · Easy Onion Roast Beef Onion Roast Beef40 min · Medium Pea Soup Pea Soup60 min · Easy Fried Potatoes with Fried Egg Fried Potatoes with Fried Egg30 min · Easy Apple Strudel Apple Strudel75 min · Challenging Red Berry Compote Red Berry Compote25 min · Easy Matjes Herring Housewife Style Matjes Herring Housewife Style20 min · Easy Beer-Battered Fish with Remoulade Beer-Battered Fish with Remoulade30 min · Easy Pan-Fried Zander Fillet Pan-Fried Zander Fillet25 min · Medium Fish Cakes Fish Cakes35 min · Easy Blue Carp Blue Carp40 min · Medium Herring Salad Herring Salad30 min · Easy Scrambled Eggs with Chives Scrambled Eggs with Chives10 min · Easy Farmer's Breakfast Farmer's Breakfast30 min · Easy Pancakes with Apple Sauce Pancakes with Apple Sauce25 min · Easy Semolina Pudding Semolina Pudding15 min · Easy Bircher Müsli Bircher Müsli15 min · Easy Eggs in Mustard Sauce Eggs in Mustard Sauce25 min · Easy Cucumber Salad Cucumber Salad15 min · Easy White Cabbage Salad White Cabbage Salad25 min · Easy Beetroot Salad Beetroot Salad20 min · Easy Pasta Salad Pasta Salad30 min · Easy Egg Salad Egg Salad20 min · Easy Braised Red Cabbage Braised Red Cabbage75 min · Easy Creamed Savoy Cabbage Creamed Savoy Cabbage35 min · Easy Cauliflower with Buttered Breadcrumbs Cauliflower with Buttered Breadcrumbs30 min · Easy Braised Cucumbers in Dill Cream Braised Cucumbers in Dill Cream35 min · Easy Potato Gratin Potato Gratin75 min · Easy Chicken Soup Chicken Soup90 min · Easy Cream of Pumpkin Soup Cream of Pumpkin Soup35 min · Easy Flädle Soup (Pancake Strip Soup) Flädle Soup (Pancake Strip Soup)40 min · Easy Goulash Soup Goulash Soup90 min · Easy Schupfnudeln (Potato Noodles) with Sauerkraut Schupfnudeln (Potato Noodles) with Sauerkraut40 min · Medium Dampfnudeln (Steamed Sweet Dumplings) Dampfnudeln (Steamed Sweet Dumplings)90 min · Challenging Black Forest Cake Black Forest Cake120 min · Challenging Zwetschgendatschi (Bavarian Plum Sheet Cake) Zwetschgendatschi (Bavarian Plum Sheet Cake)90 min · Medium Onion Tart Onion Tart100 min · Medium Lamb's Lettuce with Pumpkin Seed Oil Lamb's Lettuce with Pumpkin Seed Oil15 min · Easy Bienenstich Bienenstich120 min · Challenging Cream of Asparagus Soup Cream of Asparagus Soup45 min · Easy Rollmops Rollmops40 min · Easy Semolina Dumpling Soup Semolina Dumpling Soup45 min · Medium Wiener Schnitzel Wiener Schnitzel30 min · Medium Smoked Trout with Horseradish Smoked Trout with Horseradish20 min · Easy Carinthian Kasnudeln Carinthian Kasnudeln90 min · Challenging Kohlrabi in Cream Sauce Kohlrabi in Cream Sauce35 min · Easy Obatzda Obatzda45 min · Easy Eggs in a Glass Eggs in a Glass12 min · Easy Sachertorte Sachertorte120 min · Challenging Liver Dumpling Soup Liver Dumpling Soup60 min · Medium Tafelspitz Tafelspitz180 min · Medium Hamburg Pannfisch Hamburg Pannfisch45 min · Medium Lye Pretzel Lye Pretzel110 min · Challenging Potato Goulash Potato Goulash50 min · Easy Bavarian Radish Salad Bavarian Radish Salad25 min · Easy Poached Eggs on Spinach Poached Eggs on Spinach35 min · Medium Salzburger Nockerl Salzburger Nockerl30 min · Challenging Oxtail Soup Oxtail Soup210 min · Challenging German Meatloaf German Meatloaf90 min · Medium Poached Eel in Dill Sauce Poached Eel in Dill Sauce45 min · Medium Thuringian Dumplings Thuringian Dumplings60 min · Challenging Salsify in Béchamel Salsify in Béchamel55 min · Medium Handkäse with Music Handkäse with Music135 min · Easy North Sea Shrimp Scrambled Eggs North Sea Shrimp Scrambled Eggs20 min · Easy Apricot Dumplings Apricot Dumplings60 min · Medium Pichelsteiner Stew Pichelsteiner Stew105 min · Medium Stuffed Veal Breast Stuffed Veal Breast150 min · Challenging Cod in Mustard Sauce Cod in Mustard Sauce40 min · Easy Spinach Dumplings Spinach Dumplings55 min · Medium Frankfurt Green Sauce Frankfurt Green Sauce40 min · Easy Herb Quark Herb Quark30 min · Easy Quark Fritters Quark Fritters45 min · Medium Rice Pudding with Cinnamon and Sugar Rice Pudding with Cinnamon and Sugar45 min · Easy Green Spelt Soup Green Spelt Soup45 min · Easy Steckerlfisch (Grilled Mackerel on a Stick) Steckerlfisch (Grilled Mackerel on a Stick)45 min · Medium Krautfleckerl (Cabbage Pasta Squares) Krautfleckerl (Cabbage Pasta Squares)50 min · Easy Leipzig Vegetable Medley Leipzig Vegetable Medley40 min · Medium Butterhead Lettuce with Cream Dressing Butterhead Lettuce with Cream Dressing20 min · Easy Braided Yeast Bread Braided Yeast Bread150 min · Medium Danube Wave Cake Danube Wave Cake120 min · Medium Cheese Press Dumplings Cheese Press Dumplings45 min · Medium Buttermilk Soup with Stewed Prunes Buttermilk Soup with Stewed Prunes25 min · Easy Beef Roast with Red Wine Sauce Beef Roast with Red Wine Sauce180 min · Medium Plaice Finkenwerder Style Plaice Finkenwerder Style35 min · Medium Spätzle with Lentils Spätzle with Lentils70 min · Medium Sauerkraut with Mashed Potatoes Sauerkraut with Mashed Potatoes60 min · Easy Northern German Potato Salad Northern German Potato Salad50 min · Easy Strammer Max with Turkey Breast Strammer Max with Turkey Breast20 min · Easy Quark with Fresh Fruit Quark with Fresh Fruit20 min · Easy Rutabaga Stew Rutabaga Stew95 min · Easy Veal in Creamy Mushroom Sauce Veal in Creamy Mushroom Sauce35 min · Medium Spring Plaice with Green Beans and Smoked Beef Brisket Spring Plaice with Green Beans and Smoked Beef Brisket45 min · Medium Hand-Scraped Spätzle Hand-Scraped Spätzle40 min · Medium Braised White Cabbage Braised White Cabbage45 min · Easy Tomato Salad with Onions Tomato Salad with Onions20 min · Easy Fried Egg on Pan-Fried Potatoes with Onions Fried Egg on Pan-Fried Potatoes with Onions40 min · Medium Baked Bread Pudding with Apples Baked Bread Pudding with Apples75 min · Easy Kale Stew Kale Stew80 min · Easy Veal Roast Veal Roast130 min · Medium Pollock in Dill Sauce Pollock in Dill Sauce35 min · Easy Allgäu Cheese Spätzle with Alpine Cheese Allgäu Cheese Spätzle with Alpine Cheese55 min · Medium Creamed Spinach with Fried Egg Creamed Spinach with Fried Egg35 min · Easy Green Bean Salad Green Bean Salad30 min · Easy Farmer's Omelette with Potatoes Farmer's Omelette with Potatoes35 min · Medium Apple Compote with Cinnamon Apple Compote with Cinnamon25 min · Easy Rhineland Snapped Bean Stew Rhineland Snapped Bean Stew85 min · Easy Veal Fricassee Veal Fricassee90 min · Medium Cod on Creamed Spinach Cod on Creamed Spinach40 min · Easy Cabbage Spätzle Cabbage Spätzle45 min · Easy Glazed Teltow Turnips Glazed Teltow Turnips35 min · Easy White Bean Salad with Onions White Bean Salad with Onions25 min · Easy Mushroom Omelette Mushroom Omelette25 min · Easy Plum Compote Plum Compote30 min · Easy Carrot Stew Carrot Stew75 min · Easy Chicken Fricassee Chicken Fricassee80 min · Easy Cod Fillet in Beer Batter Cod Fillet in Beer Batter40 min · Medium Potato Dumplings Potato Dumplings60 min · Challenging Carrots and Peas Carrots and Peas30 min · Easy Lentil Salad with Vinegar and Oil Lentil Salad with Vinegar and Oil45 min · Easy Cheese Omelette Cheese Omelette15 min · Easy Rhubarb Compote with Vanilla Sauce Rhubarb Compote with Vanilla Sauce35 min · Medium Savoy Cabbage Stew Savoy Cabbage Stew60 min · Medium Beef Tenderloin with Peppercorn Sauce Beef Tenderloin with Peppercorn Sauce35 min · Challenging Haddock in Mustard Sauce Haddock in Mustard Sauce35 min · Easy Bread Dumpling Roll Bread Dumpling Roll60 min · Medium Butter Beans with Summer Savory Butter Beans with Summer Savory30 min · Easy Carrot Salad with Apple Carrot Salad with Apple15 min · Easy Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes15 min · Easy Pears Poached in Red Wine Pears Poached in Red Wine50 min · Medium Barley Soup Barley Soup70 min · Easy Berlin-Style Calf's Liver Berlin-Style Calf's Liver35 min · Medium Pickled Fish in Aspic Pickled Fish in Aspic50 min · Medium Semolina Dumplings Semolina Dumplings40 min · Easy Broad Beans in Cream Sauce Broad Beans in Cream Sauce40 min · Easy Celeriac Salad with Apple and Walnuts Celeriac Salad with Apple and Walnuts20 min · Easy Scrambled Eggs with Leek Scrambled Eggs with Leek20 min · Easy Crustless Lemon Quark Cake Crustless Lemon Quark Cake80 min · Easy Bread Soup Bread Soup40 min · Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers Stuffed Bell Peppers75 min · Easy Fried Marinated Herring Fried Marinated Herring45 min · Easy Thuringian Green Dumplings with Buttered Breadcrumbs Thuringian Green Dumplings with Buttered Breadcrumbs75 min · Challenging Savoy Cabbage with Nutmeg Savoy Cabbage with Nutmeg40 min · Easy Sauerkraut Salad with Pineapple and Bell Pepper Sauerkraut Salad with Pineapple and Bell Pepper20 min · Easy Fried Egg on Turkey Ham Bread Fried Egg on Turkey Ham Bread15 min · Easy Quark Streusel Cake Quark Streusel Cake110 min · Medium Beer Soup Beer Soup25 min · Medium Sour Kidneys Sour Kidneys60 min · Medium Fried Fresh Herring Fried Fresh Herring30 min · Easy Pasta Bake with Vegetables Pasta Bake with Vegetables55 min · Easy Brussels Sprouts in Butter Brussels Sprouts in Butter30 min · Easy Red Cabbage Salad with Walnuts Red Cabbage Salad with Walnuts30 min · Easy Eggs in Green Sauce Eggs in Green Sauce40 min · Medium Apple Cake with Streusel Apple Cake with Streusel100 min · Medium Cheese Soup Cheese Soup35 min · Easy Beer Beef Beer Beef150 min · Medium Smoked Eel on Farmhouse Bread Smoked Eel on Farmhouse Bread20 min · Easy Tyrolean-Style Cheese Noodles Tyrolean-Style Cheese Noodles30 min · Easy Rutabaga Vegetable Rutabaga Vegetable50 min · Easy Radish Salad with Chives Radish Salad with Chives15 min · Easy Soft-Boiled Egg with Buttered Bread Soft-Boiled Egg with Buttered Bread15 min · Easy Sunken Apple Cake Sunken Apple Cake75 min · Easy Caraway Soup Caraway Soup30 min · Easy Oven-Braised Rabbit in Mustard Sauce Oven-Braised Rabbit in Mustard Sauce100 min · Medium Trout au Bleu Trout au Bleu35 min · Medium Beer Flatbread with Onion Sour Cream Beer Flatbread with Onion Sour Cream90 min · Medium Parsnip Purée Parsnip Purée35 min · Easy Swabian Poultry Sausage Salad Swabian Poultry Sausage Salad25 min · Easy German French Toast German French Toast25 min · Easy Marble Cake Marble Cake85 min · Easy German Tomato Soup German Tomato Soup40 min · Easy Beef Brisket with Horseradish Sauce Beef Brisket with Horseradish Sauce180 min · Medium Oven-Baked Stuffed Trout Oven-Baked Stuffed Trout45 min · Easy Turkey Ham Noodles with Egg Turkey Ham Noodles with Egg25 min · Easy Mashed Potatoes with Crispy Onions Mashed Potatoes with Crispy Onions40 min · Easy Matjes Herring Salad with Beetroot Matjes Herring Salad with Beetroot25 min · Easy Buckwheat Pancakes with Quark Buckwheat Pancakes with Quark40 min · Easy Frankfurt Crown Cake Frankfurt Crown Cake150 min · Challenging Cauliflower Soup Cauliflower Soup35 min · Easy Veal Schnitzel Holstein Veal Schnitzel Holstein30 min · Medium Char in Herb Butter Char in Herb Butter30 min · Easy Schlutzkrapfen (Tyrolean Half-Moon Ravioli) Schlutzkrapfen (Tyrolean Half-Moon Ravioli)80 min · Challenging Heaven and Earth Heaven and Earth50 min · Easy Beef Salad with Pickled Gherkins Beef Salad with Pickled Gherkins30 min · Easy Apple Fritters Apple Fritters35 min · Medium Prinzregententorte Prinzregententorte180 min · Challenging Cream of Broccoli Soup Cream of Broccoli Soup35 min · Easy Home-Style Schnitzel in Pepper-Tomato Sauce Home-Style Schnitzel in Pepper-Tomato Sauce45 min · Easy Pike-Perch in White Wine Sauce Pike-Perch in White Wine Sauce40 min · Medium Pinzgau-Style Cheese Spätzle Pinzgau-Style Cheese Spätzle40 min · Medium Potato and Vegetable Bake Potato and Vegetable Bake75 min · Easy Chicken Salad with Pineapple Chicken Salad with Pineapple35 min · Easy Oven Pancake with Berries Oven Pancake with Berries40 min · Easy Baumkuchen (Tree Cake) Baumkuchen (Tree Cake)120 min · Challenging Cream of Celeriac Soup Cream of Celeriac Soup45 min · Easy Hunter's Schnitzel in Creamy Mushroom Sauce Hunter's Schnitzel in Creamy Mushroom Sauce40 min · Easy Fried Carp Fried Carp45 min · Medium Germknödel (Steamed Yeast Dumpling) Germknödel (Steamed Yeast Dumpling)90 min · Challenging Boiled Potatoes with Flaxseed Oil and Quark Boiled Potatoes with Flaxseed Oil and Quark35 min · Easy Cucumber Salad with Dill and Cream Cucumber Salad with Dill and Cream20 min · Easy Oatmeal with Apple Oatmeal with Apple20 min · Easy Stollen Stollen150 min · Challenging Cream of Leek Soup Cream of Leek Soup40 min · Easy Beef Roulade with Herb Stuffing Beef Roulade with Herb Stuffing130 min · Medium Pike in Cream Sauce Pike in Cream Sauce40 min · Medium Plum Dumplings Plum Dumplings60 min · Medium Boiled Potatoes with Parsley Butter Boiled Potatoes with Parsley Butter30 min · Easy Homemade Mustard Pickles Homemade Mustard Pickles50 min · Medium Whole Grain Muesli with Yogurt and Berries Whole Grain Muesli with Yogurt and Berries15 min · Easy Gingerbread Gingerbread60 min · Medium Cream of Mushroom Soup Cream of Mushroom Soup35 min · Easy Beef with Horseradish and Bread Dumplings Beef with Horseradish and Bread Dumplings165 min · Medium Hamburg-Style Fish Soup Hamburg-Style Fish Soup55 min · Medium Rye Sourdough Mixed Bread Rye Sourdough Mixed Bread180 min · Challenging Rösti from Grated Potatoes Rösti from Grated Potatoes40 min · Medium Root Vegetable Salad with Horseradish Root Vegetable Salad with Horseradish25 min · Easy Quark with Linseed Oil and Herbs Quark with Linseed Oil and Herbs30 min · Easy Cinnamon Stars Cinnamon Stars60 min · Medium Creamy Porcini Soup Creamy Porcini Soup45 min · Medium Leg of Lamb with Rosemary Leg of Lamb with Rosemary150 min · Medium Eel Soup Eel Soup75 min · Challenging Milk Rolls Milk Rolls110 min · Medium Vegetarian Potato Goulash Vegetarian Potato Goulash50 min · Easy Cheese Salad with Onions Cheese Salad with Onions20 min · Easy Buttered Bread with Pickled Gherkin Buttered Bread with Pickled Gherkin10 min · Easy Vanilla Crescent Cookies Vanilla Crescent Cookies55 min · Easy Wild Garlic Soup Wild Garlic Soup30 min · Easy Grilled Lamb Chops Grilled Lamb Chops25 min · Easy North Sea Shrimp Soup North Sea Shrimp Soup35 min · Easy Potato Bread Potato Bread150 min · Medium Baked Breaded Salsify Baked Breaded Salsify55 min · Medium Eggs in Remoulade Eggs in Remoulade30 min · Medium Poultry Cracklings Lard on Bread Poultry Cracklings Lard on Bread60 min · Medium Berlin Doughnuts Berlin Doughnuts120 min · Challenging Beetroot Soup Beetroot Soup50 min · Easy Lamb Ragout with Beans Lamb Ragout with Beans105 min · Medium Rhineland-Style Mussels Rhineland-Style Mussels40 min · Easy Baked Cheese Rolls Baked Cheese Rolls25 min · Easy Breaded Celeriac Schnitzel Breaded Celeriac Schnitzel45 min · Medium Asparagus Salad with Turkey Ham Asparagus Salad with Turkey Ham40 min · Easy Cheese Bread with Caraway Cheese Bread with Caraway10 min · Easy Poppy Seed Cake Poppy Seed Cake110 min · Medium Wedding Soup Wedding Soup75 min · Medium Braised Hare with Cream Sauce Braised Hare with Cream Sauce120 min · Challenging Shrimp Toast with Cucumber Shrimp Toast with Cucumber20 min · Easy Onion Flatbread with Caraway Onion Flatbread with Caraway85 min · Medium Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini55 min · Easy Cream Cheese Herb Spread Cream Cheese Herb Spread15 min · Easy Honey Bread with Butter Honey Bread with Butter10 min · Easy Vanilla Pudding with Cherries Vanilla Pudding with Cherries35 min · Easy Pancake Soup Pancake Soup35 min · Easy Venison Ragout Venison Ragout115 min · Medium Fish and Potato Bake Fish and Potato Bake70 min · Medium Yeast Dumplings with Vanilla Sauce Yeast Dumplings with Vanilla Sauce95 min · Medium Oven-Baked Stuffed Mushrooms Oven-Baked Stuffed Mushrooms40 min · Easy Apple-Onion Spread Apple-Onion Spread40 min · Easy Raisin Rolls Raisin Rolls110 min · Medium Chocolate Pudding Chocolate Pudding30 min · Easy Potato Leek Soup Potato Leek Soup45 min · Easy Venison Goulash Venison Goulash130 min · Medium Smoked Rock Salmon on Farmhouse Bread Smoked Rock Salmon on Farmhouse Bread20 min · Easy Rice Pudding Bake with Raisins Rice Pudding Bake with Raisins75 min · Easy Chanterelles in Cream Sauce Chanterelles in Cream Sauce25 min · Easy Liptauer Spread Liptauer Spread20 min · Easy Cinnamon Rolls Cinnamon Rolls120 min · Medium Semolina Flummery with Raspberry Sauce Semolina Flummery with Raspberry Sauce40 min · Medium White Cabbage Soup White Cabbage Soup50 min · Easy Roast Duck with Mugwort Stuffing Roast Duck with Mugwort Stuffing180 min · Challenging Matjes Herring with Fava Beans Matjes Herring with Fava Beans40 min · Easy Austrian Rice and Peas Austrian Rice and Peas30 min · Easy Fried Porcini in Butter Fried Porcini in Butter25 min · Easy Lamb's Lettuce with Egg and Croutons Lamb's Lettuce with Egg and Croutons25 min · Easy Butter Cake Butter Cake105 min · Medium Sabayon Cream Sabayon Cream25 min · Challenging Chervil Soup Chervil Soup30 min · Medium Roast Goose Roast Goose260 min · Challenging Salt Cod with Onion Cream Salt Cod with Onion Cream50 min · Medium Butter Rice with Parsley Butter Rice with Parsley25 min · Easy Asparagus with Brown Butter and Egg Asparagus with Brown Butter and Egg40 min · Medium Mixed Salad Plate with Vinegar and Oil Mixed Salad Plate with Vinegar and Oil20 min · Easy Savory Pancakes with Turkey Breast Savory Pancakes with Turkey Breast35 min · Easy Bavarian Cream Bavarian Cream45 min · Challenging

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