German Dinner

Just wanted to show you what a typical meal in our home is like!  He he he I'm totally kidding - in April our friends had us over for "Polish Night" and the deal was that in return we would have them over for German night! So on the last day of May that's what we indeed did.

There are so many dishes that I wanted to make but I didn't want to make anyone sick so I had to cut down the menu. We enjoyed this lovely desert below that my husband made called "Mohnkranz" which is typically made in the form of a wreath or a braid. It has a vanilla poppyseed filling and then I put a glaze on top. Here's a mohnkranz recipe I found online - but Manuel has never used a recipe it's just in his head.

We also had kartoffelkloesse which are potato dumplings with like a cooked crouton in the middle. We had plain and mushroom flavor with a tangy German mushroom gravy over the top. We had schnitzel which is breaded fried pork (pounded very thin) served with curry ketchup. We also served Knoblauchsauce a German garlic sauce (aoli). Here's our schnitzel recipe just use pork instead of chicken, pound it as thin as you can and leave the curry out of the bread crumbs. Instead, mix curry powder with ketchup for the dip. You won't regret this. Germans serve schnitzel with fries.

We drank Schwarze Johannisbeere Saft (black current juice) which was very hard to find but I found it at Smith's! It's a very popular juice in Germany but not so much here. We also had Schwarze Kirschsaft (black cherry juice) and we served tart cherry juice. Cherry juice is also very common in Germany and listed as a drink on the restaurant menus - but not here. We also served Apfelsaftschorle which is like a carbonated apple cider.

We had Rotkraut which is a tangy red cabbage (has a cinnamon apple flavor) and Baybell cheeses which are very popular in Germany and you can find them at any store here. They are wrapped in wax - so be sure to peel off the wax before you eat them. They have a very yummy buttery taste.


I made a Gurkensalat with tomatoes and a creamy German dressing (my friend Lindsey absolutely loved this salad!) then we served Weiswurst (a white sausage that you boil) with a special sweet mustard form Germany and Bratwurst (both made in my husbands hometown and shipped to us) so yummy! Here's my recipe for Gurkensalat - just add tomatoes and increase the dressing.

We served German candy too! The kids loved it!

After dinner we watched a slideshow that I made of the part of Germany where Manuel is from. He's from Bavaria (the state) and a little town called Hof. Then we ended the night having a fussball table tournament. Manuel of course won!

DAILY QUESTION:

Have you ever had German cuisine? What is your favorite dish?

Mohnkranz

kartoffelkloesse

rotkraut

German cheese

Gurkensalat mit Tomaten

Knoblauchsauce, curry ketchup, Sußersenf (sweet mustard)

Pilzsoße (tangy mushroom gravy)

Weisswurst and Bratwurst (originated in Bavaria)

gummy cola bottles (made in Germany) and these little fizzy candies

Schnitzel!!