Does anyone have any meatless German recipes?

Question

I think there is such a thing, but I can't find anything good. Nothing with beef, chicken, fish or bacon, please.

I can't use any recipes that include meat or meat products, so it isn't necessary to include those. Thanks!

Answer 1

It would be much easier if you had asked for meatless Polish recipes, but try these, substituting liquid smoke or soy bacon to give a decent semblence of the original:



Bean Soup


2 Tbsp butter
1 carrot, coarsely grated
1 potato, coarsely grated
1 Tbsp chopped onion
1 1/2 cups water
2 cups baked beans
1 (13 oz) can evaporated milk
1 tsp smoke flavoring
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp marjoram
1/8 tsp savory
parsley for garnish

Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add carrot, potato, onion and water. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients, except parsley. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture just comes to a boil. Garnish individual servings with parsley.

Soup can be thinned with a bit of milk or cream.


Green Bean Soup

1 lb. green beans
2 lg. potatoes, cubed
3 qts. water
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp smoke flavoring
1 med. onion, minced
4 slices soy bacon, minced
3 tbsp. flour
1 1/2 c. milk

Put the first 6 ingredients in Dutch oven. Boil, covered, 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Saute onion with bacon. Add to soup. Mix flour and milk; stir into soup. Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Garnish with parsley. 6 to 8 servings.


Kartoffelpuree Meerrettich (Mashed Potatoes/Horseradish Cream)

5 medium potatoes
2 cups Boiling Water
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Pepper; Freshly Ground
1/2 c Sour Cream
1 tbsp Horseradish
2 tsp Parsley; minced

Peel and quarter potatoes. Cook in boiling salted water in medium-size saucepan until tender, drain. Mash, adding 1 T butter and the pepper. Add sour cream, horseradish, and minced parsley.

Whip as for mashed potatoes. Place in serving bowl; top with 1 T melted butter and serve.




5 slices soy bacon
2 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp vinegar
1/4 c Wine; Red or White
1/2 head Red Cabbage; shredded
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 tb Caraway Seeds

Fry soy bacon in medium-size fry pan with 2 tsp oil until crisp. Remove and reserve bacon. Add sugar, vinegar, and wine to bacon drippings; stir and cook until sugar is dissolved. Pour this hot mixture over the cabbage.

Toss with vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and caraway seeds. Sprinkle crumbled soy bacon over mixture. Serve at room temperature.


Grune Bohnen mit Dill (Grean Beans With Dill)

9 oz Frozen Cut Green Beans (1pk)
1/3 c Boiling Water
1 Beef or Vegetable Bouillon Cube
1 tsp Dillweed OR Dillseed
2 tbsp Butter

Place frozen green beans in saucepan with boiling water, bouillon cube, and dill. Cover; bring to a boil. Separate beans with a fork, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until tender. Drain. Stir in butter and serve.



Gedunstetes Weisskraut (Skillet Cabbage)

2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
3 c Cabbage; Finely Shredded
1 c Celery; Chopped
1 Small Green Pepper; Chopped
1 Small Onion; Chopped
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper

Heat the oil in a large frypan about 20 minutes before serving time. Add ingredients and cook over medium to low heat about 15 minutes. Stir often. Cover pan during the last 5 minutes of cooking time, stirring once or twice. Serve immediately. (Vegetables will be crisp.)

Answer 2

Germans make a famous potato dish which contains no meat.

All you do is the following: peel and boil 2 large potatoes- but make sure not to over-cook the potatoes. Cut up the boiled potatoes into large chunks. Every potato should make about 16 pieces.

On the side, mince about a tablespoon parsley, fresh coriander and onion. (You can also add a few sprigs of dill)

Heat about 3 tablespoons sunflower oil (or any other vegetable oil) in a skillet and then add the potatoes and onion. Move around the mix until the potatoes are golden in color. Add salt, pepper and the coriander and parsley and continue to cook. If you want, you can add a touch of cumin to give it more flavor. Enjoy!

I ate this as a side dish in Braunschweig while living there.

Answer 3

2 eggs, beaten
4 medium russet potatoes (about 8 ounces each), peeled and shredded using the largest holes of a hand grater
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup grated onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil



Combine the eggs, flour, onion, salt, and pepper, stirring to blend. Using your hands, squeeze out as much liquid as you can from the potatoes. Add the potatoes to the egg mixture, mixing well.

In a large, heavy skillet, heat some of the oil over medium-high heat. Spoon the batter by quarter-cupfuls onto the hot skillet, flattening them with the back of the spoon. Fry until the bottom of the pancakes are nicely browned - between 3 and 5 minutes; flip the pancakes and cook for about 3 minutes longer. Repeat for the remaining pancakes, adding oil to the skillet as needed.

Drain on paper towels and serve immediately.

Excerpted from The Pancake Handbook, Ten Speed Press, 1993, 1994 by Stephen Siegelman, Sue Conley and Bette Kroening.



About 12 four-inch pancakes; Serves 4

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Answer 4

You can to use meat recipes. Just omit the meat is all. I love the Tofurkey Brats they just rock! Combine that with real (not canned) sauerkraut. I recommend the one by a company called Gundelsheim its German and it rocks! Also you can take extra firm tofu drain over night and cut into strips and bread and pan fry or bake. You can make vegetarian Weiner Schnitzel that way. You just need to think outside the box is all!

Answer 5

steamed cabbage lol ..........
glace>> its like alazy perogy my gramma makes it all the time and shes german ........
make bread dough >>>>>> a little goes a long way !!!
boil water >>>>>
peel and cut potatoes into cubes >>>> depenign on how much ur making 6-8
add to boiling water >>
take bread dough and pinch off dime to quarter sized pieces dropp into water>>>>
the dough will float when its cooked and once allthe dough is in boil for 5-10 minutes >>> both potatoes and dough should be done. ( taste for urself to make sure)
in a pan saute onions ( if u want ) with butter or maragine
drain off dough and potatoes add onions and the butter
bake or serve right away .
the compliment to this dish is sour cream or ketchup
its great the next day fried up in a pan as well .


i hope u enjoy this as much as myfamily does its a staple at my grammas !!!

Answer 6

GERMAN BANANA PUDDING

instant vanilla pudding
graham cracker crumbs
bananas

Make pudding acording to directions.
Layer: bananas, cracker crumbs, pudding.

End with pudding, then cover with more cracker crumbs. Refrigerate overnight.

Note: You might get to refrigerate overnight the first time you make it, but when your family tries it, it will never make it overnight again.

SPAETZLE (GERMAN NOODLES)

4 eggs
2 c. flour
Little water
3 or 4 tbsp. melted butter
Salt
Celery salt
Onion powder

Beat eggs; add flour and just a little water to make a very stiff but smooth batter. Push batter through spaetzle press or small colander into boiling water. Boil gently for a few minutes. Lift out of boiling water and rinse, under hot water; drain. Put in large bowl. Pour 3 or 4 tbsp. melted butter over Spaetzle; season with salt, celery salt and onion powder.

GERMAN BREAD

1 c. milk, scalded
1/2 c. butter or other shortening
3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 c. warm water (110 to 115 degrees)
4 c. sifted flour
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/4 c. soft bread crumbs
3 tbsp. light brown sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. butter, melted

Add the milk to the butter, sugar, and salt; stir until butter is melted. Cool until lukewarm. Soften yeast in warm water. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes. When milk mixture is lukewarm, stir in about 1 cup flour and then the yeast. Mix in the eggs and the remaining flour; beat thoroughly. Cover; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours. Beat mixture thoroughly. Grease and lightly sprinkle with flour a 9 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Turn batter into pan. Sprinkle top with a mixture of remaining ingredients. Cover; let rise until doubled, about 50 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees about 22 minutes. Makes 1 German bread.

Answer 7

Ha Ha!!!!...That was funny! Meatless German food?!? They put meat in everything...even meat. I know this because my wife's parents are German and Swiss. They think vegetarians take care of sick animals.

Answer 8

Meat. Its whats for diner.

Answer 9

Google this: Kartoffelpuffer recipe...then click Bette's recipe...the first one.

Answer 10

no all german food contains meat