The German Cookbook

Germany is made up of a series of distinct regional culinary cultures which varies according to the geography (mountains, farmland and waterways). From Hamburg on the north coast to Munich in the Alpine south, and from Frankfurt in the west to Berlin in the east, Germany’s cities and farmland yield a remarkable variety of ingredients and influences. 

The German Cookbook by Alfons Schuhbeck showcases this vast diversity with 500 recipes including both traditional and contemporary dishes representing the new direction of German cooking – from snacks to desserts, meat, poultry, and fish, to potatoes, dumplings, and noodles. An introduction showcasing the culinary cultural history of the country introduces the origins of the classic recipes. German cuisine has a reputation as fatty or plain but with influences from Italy and France both in spice and techniques, the culinary scene is expanding.

The recipes here have been tested in home kitchens, making them fully accessible to a wide range of cooking abilities. Icons indicate everything from vegetarian, gluten-, and dairy-free options to recipes with five ingredients or fewer and simple one-pot dishes.

 

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What I appreciate most about The German Cookbook is the aforementioned range of recipes from very approachable to more elaborate dishes. I love learning about international cuisines and especially with regard to their baking and dessert offerings which are brilliantly covered here. 

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133 Comments

  • Kristjudy  on  January 30, 2019

    Leek pie

  • lpatterson412  on  January 30, 2019

    Pigs in a blanket.

  • lauriesk  on  January 30, 2019

    Bavarian sausage salad

  • jmay42066  on  January 30, 2019

    Cheese-stuffed chicken

  • miggsy  on  January 30, 2019

    Bavarian breakfast sausages

  • Shelley.b  on  January 30, 2019

    Leek pie

  • ccav  on  January 30, 2019

    Potato and bacon waffles

  • Amkdye  on  January 30, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels

  • Puguppy  on  January 30, 2019

    Leek Pie

  • jezpurr  on  January 30, 2019

    Sunken gooseberry cake!!!^_^

  • riley  on  January 31, 2019

    Smoked trout spread

  • UccelloRosso  on  January 31, 2019

    Corned pork shoulder

  • AndreaMeyer  on  January 31, 2019

    Baumkuchen (tree cake) – one of my favourite things!

  • KarenGlad  on  January 31, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels

  • JRumi  on  January 31, 2019

    Weimar style potato soup

  • merkusje  on  January 31, 2019

    Pea and pork belly stew

  • vickster  on  January 31, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels

  • littleminxgirl  on  January 31, 2019

    Potato and bacon waffles Yum!

  • KLeverett  on  January 31, 2019

    Steak tartare

  • bcarpenter  on  January 31, 2019

    Clear oxtail soup. Maybe I'll speed it up in the Instant Pot!

  • joneshayley  on  January 31, 2019

    Steak tartare

  • dbielick  on  January 31, 2019

    Asparagus salad

  • happybread  on  January 31, 2019

    Grilled duck legs with Riesling sauce – yum!

  • twinreader  on  January 31, 2019

    Mutzenmandeln (mostly to be able to keep saying the name to people.)

  • MiMi60  on  January 31, 2019

    Potato soup with prawns

  • mistic  on  January 31, 2019

    ox tail soup

  • Lmocooks  on  January 31, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels!

  • inflytur  on  January 31, 2019

    German style sticky buns look good.

  • danielis  on  January 31, 2019

    Cheese spätzle with fried onions!

    To remind me of my childhood and Swiss/German father's cooking 🙂

  • melspot  on  January 31, 2019

    Cabbage Rolls, also the open faced sandwiches with specialty sausage, yum!

  • LeilaD  on  January 31, 2019

    Gotta have my beef, so I'm looking at Beef with onion sauce!

  • bopper  on  January 31, 2019

    sounds very nice so Steak Tartare would be my choice

  • DarcyVaughn  on  January 31, 2019

    Bean, pear and bacon stew

  • sir_ken_g  on  January 31, 2019

    I think a lot of the reason there are so few German cookbooks, and so few German restaurants is that much German cooking has been totally become American, Almost the only German restaurants in the US are "beer hall" restaurants. German has those but that does not describe all German cuisine by any means.

  • size_27  on  February 1, 2019

    Pickled cucumbers (Essiggurken)

  • lapsapchung  on  February 1, 2019

    Flatbread with onion and bacon (Flammkuchen) – I've eaten this in an Alsatian restaurant in France and loved it, and have tried to recreate it at home from memory but it's never been quite right

  • sarahawker  on  February 1, 2019

    Buckwheat pancakes with ham

  • kmn4  on  February 1, 2019

    Beer soup

  • hillsboroks  on  February 1, 2019

    Apricot and cream cheese cake

  • Livia  on  February 2, 2019

    Already craving the Veal schnitzel

  • mpdeb98  on  February 2, 2019

    Bean, apple and bacon stew

  • Mariella  on  February 2, 2019

    Bratwurst cooked in vinegar!

  • PennyG  on  February 2, 2019

    German wedding soup with royale

  • LaurenE  on  February 2, 2019

    Bean, apple and bacon stew

  • Nkrieda78  on  February 2, 2019

    I want to make everything that involves bratwurst.

  • Steben  on  February 2, 2019

    Clear oxtail soup

  • JulieQC  on  February 3, 2019

    Meat, potatoes and prune stew

  • matag  on  February 3, 2019

    Soup garnish: butter dumplings

  • Dannausc  on  February 3, 2019

    Cheese and mustard sandwich

  • janv  on  February 3, 2019

    Bell pepper dip with herbs

  • thecharlah  on  February 3, 2019

    Bavarian cheese dip (Obatzda)

  • monasli  on  February 3, 2019

    Pork Schnitzel with mushroom sauce.

  • lindaeatsherbooks  on  February 4, 2019

    It's intimidating, but I'd like to make the Goose legs in aspic (Gänseweißsauer).

  • Lafauvette  on  February 4, 2019

    gingerbread loaf

  • ket06e  on  February 4, 2019

    Potato soup

  • t.t  on  February 4, 2019

    Vanilla cream cake with almonds (Bienenstich)

  • southerncooker  on  February 4, 2019

    Beer Soup

  • banba1  on  February 4, 2019

    Bavarian cheese dip (Obatzda)

  • EmilyR  on  February 4, 2019

    Allgäu-style cheese soup

  • popoff  on  February 5, 2019

    Homemade liverwurst!

  • trudys_person  on  February 5, 2019

    Poppy seed strudel – I love poppy seed desserts, but I've never made one!

  • tennyogirl  on  February 6, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels

  • Amandaspamanda  on  February 6, 2019

    I want to try and make the pickled pumpkin, I've never thought to use pumpkin that way before!

  • JenjiRM  on  February 6, 2019

    Düsseldorf-style beef tenderloin with mustard crust! (and pretzels!)

  • TammyDee  on  February 9, 2019

    You know, I thought I'd go with a typically German dish but then I saw Deep-Fried Camembert. I'd try that first.

  • Dendav  on  February 9, 2019

    Beer soup.

  • Dmartin997  on  February 9, 2019

    meat and vegetable stew–pichelstein

  • Dmartin997  on  February 9, 2019

    sourdough tart cherry coffee cake

  • virjeania  on  February 9, 2019

    i want to make Cheese with onion marinade (Handkäs mit Musik)

  • edyenicole  on  February 13, 2019

    the leek pie!

  • Ishtar  on  February 19, 2019

    Bean, apple and bacon stew

  • RickPearson54  on  February 22, 2019

    Leek pie

  • Shana.  on  February 22, 2019

    Cheese-stuffed chicken

  • ejsimpson  on  February 23, 2019

    Bavarian sausage salad. Or any of the sausage salads. Just seeing the recipe for sausage salad brought back fond memories of eating sausage salad. I had forgotten about it.

  • jnavarro2019  on  February 24, 2019

    soft pretzels!

  • Sfgordon  on  February 24, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels

  • CheekySpouse  on  February 25, 2019

    Shredded pancake (Kaiserschmarren)

  • Jseminara  on  February 28, 2019

    Turkey rolls with herb sauce!

  • kennethjohngilmour  on  February 28, 2019

    the currywurst found on page 38

  • Plumbobmummy  on  February 28, 2019

    Fish burger

  • choppergirl  on  March 1, 2019

    Bratwurst cooked in vinegar

  • sequoia55  on  March 1, 2019

    sourdough tart cherry coffee cake

  • chris2468  on  March 1, 2019

    Asparagus salad

  • michelle666  on  March 1, 2019

    Pork schnitzel with mushroom sauce, when I lived in Germany this was one of my favourite meals when I ate out

  • braabpro  on  March 1, 2019

    Sour calves' lung. JK. Beef stew.

  • centraljersey  on  March 1, 2019

    Donauwelle. Then anything with marzipan. Or maybe frangipane

  • percussion03  on  March 1, 2019

    Wild boar goulash

  • Rachaels21  on  March 2, 2019

    Pork schnitzel sounds amazing 💞

  • tarae1204  on  March 2, 2019

    Clear beef broth

  • dogs  on  March 2, 2019

    Weimar style potato soup reminds me of my time spent in Germany and is delicious.

  • emi10383  on  March 2, 2019

    Leek pie

  • agreaves19  on  March 2, 2019

    I would love to make the gingerbread loaf

  • gudspud  on  March 2, 2019

    avacado toast

  • mhindle  on  March 3, 2019

    Scrapple

  • maci234  on  March 3, 2019

    Pigs in a blanket

  • smartie101  on  March 3, 2019

    gingerbread loaf

  • lozzle77  on  March 4, 2019

    Pigs in a blanket.

  • RuthHarwood  on  March 6, 2019

    Potato and bacon waffles sound delightful!!

  • caroline_sln  on  March 6, 2019

    Bratwurst in vinegar (in fact anything with German sausages in – my favourite!)

  • tararr  on  March 6, 2019

    Asparagus salad

  • silversand  on  March 8, 2019

    Bean salad with crayfish

  • slambo70  on  March 9, 2019

    White asparagus wrapped in ham

  • jessiecomp  on  March 9, 2019

    Leberkäse sandwiches sound lovely!

  • jodangerously  on  March 9, 2019

    leberkase sandwiches

  • cooknnaked  on  March 9, 2019

    Potato and leek casserole (page 278) . Yum!

  • fbrunetti  on  March 10, 2019

    Bavarian soft pretzels

  • BGcat14  on  March 10, 2019

    Bavarian cheese dip (Obatzda)

  • zeenie  on  March 13, 2019

    Bavarian breakfast sausages

  • sford888  on  March 13, 2019

    I like the look of the Turkey Rolls in a Herb Sauce. Think turkey is such an under rated meat.

  • Ozzyhog  on  March 14, 2019

    Potato and leek casserole

  • sheridarby  on  March 14, 2019

    Cheese Stuffed Chicken

  • Sand9  on  March 14, 2019

    The Apple Streusel Cake sounds lovely x

  • nataleegosiewski  on  March 14, 2019

    Deep-fried almond pastries (Mutzenmandeln)

  • PaulaCheadle  on  March 14, 2019

    Potato and bacon waffles

  • Twiddle  on  March 14, 2019

    meat and vegetable stew–pichelstein

  • Beasste99  on  March 15, 2019

    Potato and bacon waffles sound tasty

  • DimensionAEB  on  March 15, 2019

    Bratwurst cooked in vinegar

  • robyn297  on  March 15, 2019

    Deep-fried almond pastries

  • jamston  on  March 16, 2019

    Aachen-style gingerbread (Aachener Printen)

  • Jenamarie  on  March 16, 2019

    Leek Pie!

  • lgroom  on  March 16, 2019

    Leek pie

  • dtremit  on  March 19, 2019

    Pickled pumpkin sounds intriguing

  • portkey  on  March 21, 2019

    Smoked trout spread

  • ejsmith  on  March 22, 2019

    Cheese-stuffed chicken

  • antpantsii  on  March 22, 2019

    Homemade liverwurst

  • vickyallum84  on  March 23, 2019

    Deep-fried Camembert

  • RSW  on  March 24, 2019

    White asparagus wrapped in ham

  • dazman  on  March 27, 2019

    Wild Boar goulash

  • ltsuk  on  March 27, 2019

    Franzbrötchen

  • Louanderson1982  on  March 27, 2019

    Potato and bacon waffle

  • icicle  on  March 27, 2019

    Roast Goose with Apples and Onions sounds rather special, don't you think?

  • JenE  on  March 27, 2019

    I'd made the Chicken fricassee with morrels for our families Sunday dinner

  • stepspior  on  March 27, 2019

    Beef goulash

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