TanyaK
Senior Cook
I'm doing a German menu for DH for date night tomorrow evening. Thinking of doing a German sausage casserole, potato salad and maybe German style green beans. Anyone got any great German ideas/recipes for me ?
I'm doing a German menu for DH for date night tomorrow evening. Thinking of doing a German sausage casserole, potato salad and maybe German style green beans. Anyone got any great German ideas/recipes for me ?
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Or how about Chicken (or veal or pork) Schnitzel?...
Thanks all - realized I'm not going to have as much time as I thought so I cheated and went to the German deli - bought rye bread and smoked teewurst pate to start with, spatzle - which even if I had the time I don't think I would ever attempt to make - looks way to complicated, potato kartoffel salat and the ingredients for the main dish - German sausages with sauerkraut - you basically fry onion and add Bratwurst,Frankfurters and apple pieces, sauteeing until golden. You then add the sauerkraut,smoked pork, smoked ham, brown sugar, bay leaves, white wine, juniper berries,caraway seeds,salt and pepper and then bake for 40-50 minutes. Going to serve that with the spaetzle and potato salad. I copied and pasted the onion pie though - sounds delicious !
How abou next time rouladen mit spatzle und rotkraut
Congratulations TanyaK - excellent choices. Actually spatzel is very easy to make. I don't have one of those spatzel makers so I do it the old way, lather the dough on the back of a cookie sheet and with a metal egg turner flip little pieces off into boiling water. Not too many, need to experiment so they are all reasonably together in each "flipping". Put on a chef show for yourself after you have practiced one.
All very good ideas! Might I suggest another one - a Winter Specialty - Wurst and Gruenkohl (bratwurst with kale). This is very traditional winter food here. I dont have a recipe on hand, but essentially you cook the well shredded kale with onions, fresh ham, mustard, simmer some fattier type of sausage (i tend to use the German "knacker" variety, similar to kielbasa, I guess), and serve it with boiled potatoes which you kind of mash into the kale on your plate. I love this dish and kale is extremely healthy.