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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Wuerzfleisch mit Pilzen (Pork ragout with mushrooms)

October 5, 2009

This week’s recipe, Würzfleisch mit Pilzem (Pork ragout with mushrooms), comes from the “Niedersachsen and Bremen” section of the Echte Deutsche Küche cookbook.  Niedersachsen is the northwest corner of Germany and has a North Sea coastline.  The state of Bremen contains two cities, Bremen and Bremerhaven.  This was one of the main ports where German emigrants left for [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Rehruecken mit Pfifferlingen (Venison with chanterelle mushrooms)

September 27, 2009

This week’s recipe was Rehrücken mit Pfifferlingen (Roasted saddle of venison with chanterelle mushrooms).  This recipe is from the state of Baden-Württemburg, the southwestern-most state in Germany, containing the Black Forest and the city of Stuttgart and Heidelberg.  We weren’t able to get ahold of venison saddle (that’s the back with the filets attached), so we [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Fliederbeerensuppe mit “Plauener Spitze” (Elderberry soup with “Plauener Lace”)

September 21, 2009

This week’s recipe was a fruit soup, Fliederbeerensuppe mit “Plauener Spitze” (Elderberry soup with “Plauener lace”), from the section of the book on the German states of Sachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt.  These states were part of East Germany, are located to the south and southwest of Berlin, and are home to the cities of Dresden, Leipzig, [...]

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Real German Cuisine: Hechtkloesschen in Rieslingssauce (Fish dumplings in Riesling sauce)

September 14, 2009

This week’s challenge was to make Hechtklößchen in Rieslingssauce (Pike dumplings in Riesling sauce).  Pike is hard to get, at least in our area and in my in-laws area of Germany.  We spent the last five days at my in-laws, it was a lovely break to get away from television and internet, but I always come back feeling [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Flammkuchen mit Pilzen (Tarte Flambee with mushrooms)

September 7, 2009

This weeks challenge was Flammkuchen mit Pilzen or Tarte flambee with mushrooms. We’ve gotten this in restaurants before, but until now, I had no idea how much fat goes into this dish. First, the crust was made with 150 grams of lard.  The crust was easy to make and roll out.  I’m not sure if we got [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Pumpernickeleis (Pumpernickel ice cream)

August 31, 2009

This week’s recipe was Pumpernickeleis (Pumpernickel ice cream).  I’d always thought you needed an ice cream maker to make ice cream, so I was very much looking forward to trying this freezer/stirring once an hour method.  I let the pumpernickel dry out, but it still doesn’t grate well, I just broke it up into as small pieces [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Grumbeersupp mit Quetschekuche

August 24, 2009

This week’s challenge was to make Grumbeersupp mit Quetschekuche, or potato soup with plum cake.  Rainer says this is one of the meals he grew up with, well actually, potato soup with pancakes is how his mom made it, and plum cake was something they had for coffee & cake.  Rainer says Grumbeersupp is how it’s called [...]

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