German Food!

danibee41989

Hi all, I need some recipe ideas for a German meal. We are celebrating my BF's bday Friday and he looooooooovvvveeesss German food. So far I have brats and sourkraut lol THANKS!

Puffins1958

How about some spatzel <sp>, weinersnitzel, potato pancakes???
You could throw in some red cabbage as well.... :laugh:

I would go to www.foodnetwork.com for recipes.....

kimber_av

http://www.tasty-german-recipe.com/


Thats the one I've used a couple of times. My family is german and I loooooove the food.

Good luck!

dls06

German Spaetzle Dumplings

Traditional German dumplings. You can also mince a few pieces of bacon in a pan, and heat the cooked spaetzle in the bacon drippings-only omit the butter, if preparing recipe with bacon."

Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 gallon hot water
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Directions
Mix together flour, salt, white pepper, and nutmeg. Beat eggs well, and add alternately with the milk to the dry ingredients. Mix until smooth.
Press dough through spaetzle maker, or a large holed sieve or metal grater.
Drop a few at a time into simmering liquid. Cook 5 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
Saute cooked spaetzle in butter or margarine. Sprinkle chopped fresh parsley on top, and serve.

Potato Pancakes

Ingredients
2 eggs
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
6 medium potatoes, peeled and shredded 1
/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Directions
In a large bowl, beat together eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Mix in potatoes and onion.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. In batches, drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the potato mixture into the skillet. Press to flatten. Cook about 3 minutes on each

German Apple Cake

Ingredients
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups tart apples - peeled, cored and chopped
3/4 cup chopped pecans
FROSTING: 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Fold in apples and nuts. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter. Add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth. Spread over cake. Refrigerate leftovers

MaryD4900

German Style Turkey Sausage Skillet

http://www.recipe.com/german-style-turkey-sausage-skillet/


So good and very low cal!