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    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.

    • German potato soup (Kartoffelsuppe)
    • Schupfnudeln (German potato noodles)
    • Germknödel (Austrian filled sweet dumplings)
    • Vanillesoβe, German vanilla sauce
    • Rote Grütze (red berry pudding)
    • White asparagus soup
    • Zimtsterne - cinnamon star cookies
    • German red cabbage with apples (Rotkohl)
    • Austrian apricot cake (Marillenkuchen)
    • Vanillekipferl (vanilla crescent cookies)
    • Traditional Jaegerschnitzel (schnitzel with mushroom sauce)
    • Schweinebraten - German pork roast
    • Traditional German stollen with prunes
    • Beef Rouladen
    • Dampfnudel (German sweet dumplings)
    • German plum cake (Pflaumenkuchen)
    • Flammkuchen (Flammekueche/tarte flambee from Alsace)
    • Basler brunsli (Swiss chocolate almond cookies)
    • Sauerbraten
    • German Christmas cookies
    • Sourdough Rye Bread
    • Obatzda (German beer cheese dip)
    • Kaiserschmarrn (Austrian torn pancakes)
    • German ginger cookies (ingwerplätchen)
    • Gluhwein (German mulled wine)
    • Bacon onion spaetzle
    • Speckbohnen (German green beans)
    • German pancake soup (Flädlesuppe)
    • Wiener schnitzel
    • German potato pancakes (kartoffelpuffer)
    • Herb spaetzle
    • German hazelnut Christmas cookies
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