Any really Great german meals?

Question

Need to cook dinner soon with a german theme.

Answer 1

Try Rouladen its wonderful! I had a friend from germany teach me how to make it. She served it with potato pancakes and red kraut. yummmmm

4 sirloin tip steaks - thin
8 slices bacon
8 slices dill pickles (sliced lengthwise)
1 onion, diced
German mustard or brown mustard
salt
pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 cups beef broth
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/4 cup half and half
1/4 cup evaporated skim milk

Directions:
Pound the steaks with a meat tenderizer/mallot until about 1/8" thick. Season the steaks with salt and pepper. Spread mustard thickly on one side on each steak. Place two slices of bacon and two pickle slices on each steak. Divide the onion evenly onto each steak. Starting from the narrowest end of each steak, roll tightly (jelly roll style) and secure with string.


Heat oil in a heavy saucepan. Brown the meat rolls well on all sides. Add about 1 cup of water to the saucepan, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Add more water if needed. Remove the meat from the pan. Add the beef broth to the liquid the meat was cooked in. Keep boiling until liquid is reduced by one third of its original size. Whisk in tomato paste, half and half, and evaporated skim milk, careful to not let it boil (to avoid curdling). Season with salt and pepper. Return the meat to the pan and warm through.

Answer 2

Not sure if you want actual recipes or just menu ideas, but here are some ideas, and you should be able to easily find recipes on the internet for them. if you can speak German, you can find these at: http://kochbuch.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/kategorie.php
Schnitzel is pretty common, either the typical Wiener Schnitzel, or served with a mushroom gravy, Jägerschnitzel, served with two eggs sunny-side up on top.
Spätzle is also a common side dish, but with Ementaler or Gruyere cheese, Käsespätzle is excellent and stands by itself.
Potato Dumplings are a great side dish.
Roulade is also a common dish in Germany, there are many different recipes for beef roulade.
Maultaschen are specialty of the southwest, basically a German ravioli but often served with a clear broth, brown butter or nothing. It is also served as a soup or an appetizer, but can easily be served as an entree.

Answer 3

Here's one I like. Don't know if it's authentic.

1 lb Sauerkraut (rinsed)
1/2 can of apple juice concentrate
1 pkg of Polish Sausage of Kielbasa
Mashed potatoes

Put kraut in a pot with apple juice. Add water to bring liquid up to 1 1/2 inches of liquid. Cover and bring to a boil. Cut the sausage into bite-sized pieces. Turn heat down to a simmer, add a pinch of salt and the sausage. Stir occasionally and cook until heated through. Serve on top of mashed potatoes.

For something fancier get some pork ribs. Two slabs will feed about ten people (but no leftovers). Cover with about 1 1/2 - 2 pounds of sauerkraut. Add a bottle or two of dark beer. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until cooked through. (Internal temp. of 160)

Or bratwurst, knackwurst, (or any wurst) served with spicy mustard.

Potato pancakes with apples or sour cream.

Reuben sandwiches on a heavy brown pumpernickel

Apple strudel for desert.

Now I'm all hungry, Hope this helps!

Answer 4

depending on what you are looking for really. The most common would be saurkaut and sausage with sides. However that is kinda stereotypical. Here is a webiste that shows other ideas http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/germanre.htm
-or here are some German Meatballs:
http://www.germanculture.com.ua/recipes/blmain10.htm
-or if that is still not good enough then go to this site:
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/ethnic_cusine/germany.htm

click on recipes on the left side. Gives you everything you need with a broader selection. Enjoy!

Answer 5

German Sausage & Sauer Kraut
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Buy Sauer Kraut
Buy German Sausage

Place in Crockpot & Cook,
Serve
Keep in Crockpot to Simmer, Keep Warm, etc.
Store any leftovers in refrigerator

Can't get any easier than that, can it?

**Tip: Buy only authentic German Sausage from the local butcher, preferably a butcher who makes sausage by hand & you'll have the freshest, best tasting, most wonderfully seasoned sausage.

Answer 6

German-Style Crockpot Pot Roast

INGREDIENTS:
1 pot roast, about 4 pounds (rump roast, lean chuck, etc.)
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 onion, chopped
2 carrot, chopped
2 turnips, chopped
4 dried prunes, chopped
1/4 cup white wine
1 cup beef stock
8 to 10 new potatoes
4 gingersnap cookies, crushed
PREPARATION:
Brown meat on all sides in oil and butter. Put carrots, turnips and potatoes in bottom of slow cooker and place roast on top. Add remaining ingredients, except gingersnaps. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours. Add gingersnaps and cook on HIGH for 20 to 30 minutes longer, or until thickened.

Answer 7

Wienerschnitzel
(Viennese Cutlets)
serves 4

2 lbs. leg of veal, cut into thin slices ¼ inch thick
1 cup fresh lemon juice
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
¼ cup flour
1 cup fine unseasoned bread crumbs
1 ½ cups lard (or veg oil)

In a glass, stainless steel or enameled baking dish, marinate the cutlets in lemon juice for 1 hour. Pat them dry with paper towels, sprinkle them liberally on both sides with salt and pepper, dip them in the beaten eggs and water, then dip them in flour and shake off the excess. Finally, dip them in bread crumbs. Gently shake any excess off bread crumbs from the cutlets and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.

Heat the lard in a heavy 12-inch skillet until a light haze forms over it, then add the cutlets. Cook over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes on each side, or until they are brown, using tongs to turn them. Serve immediately, garnished with lemon wedges to squeeze over them.


P.S. Use thin pork cutlets that have been tenderized twice…Germans call the pork version Schweineschnitzel but it is the same. Marinate them overnight for the best tenderizing. Serve with German fried potatoes, Rotkohl (German style red cabbage), and a really good European style hard yeast roll… Fresh butter too! Do not use Italian flavored bread crumbs.

Answer 8

Yes. Try Pistachio crust chicken schnitzel with potato and sweetcorn salad.

Answer 9

Saurbraten. Although it takes a few hrs in the slowcooker.