TRADITIONAL

GERMAN FOOD
DISCOVER WHAT TO EAT IN GERMANY

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Introduction
First of all - thank you very much for downloading this
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I have created this document for all food lovers out there
who are crazy about trying local food when travelling
abroad. In the checklist down below, you will find the
most popular traditional German dishes. I also included
regional, seasonal as well as vegetarian options, street-
food, bakery goods and drinks. Information in this
document is all you need to know before exploring
German cuisine.

Let me prove you that Germany has way more to offer

Ithan
wishayou
sausage with sauerkraut.
safe travels and happy eats!

Marta Kieser
FOOD GUIDE, FOOD
TRAVELLER AND BLOGGER

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German Food
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Popular breakfast choices:
1. Bread or bread roll with butter,
honey, jam and hazelnut cream
2. Bread or bread roll with butter,
cheese, ham
3. Bread or bread roll with scramble eggs,
boiled egg, or fried egg
4. Birchermüsli - cold oatmeal dish, recipe
developed by a Swiss doctor Max Bircher-
Benner 
5. Arme Ritter - French Toast served with
different toppings
6. Crepes with cinnamon and sugar or other
toppings
7. Waffeln - waffles with powdered sugar or
other toppings
8. Obstsalat - Fruit salad 
9. Brezel mit Weißwurst - Precel with white
Bavarian sausage
10. Bauernfrühstück - Fried potatoes with
onion, bacon and egg

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Traditional German soft-drinks:
1. Apfelschorle - apple juice + sparkling mineral
water 
2. Spezi - coke + orange juice/orange lemonade
3. fritz-kola - “coke for adults” - coke with less
sugar
4. Club-Mate - carbonated mate-extract
beverage
5. Soul and Soda
6. Anjola 
7. Bionade - organic fermented and carbonated
beverage 
8. Fassbrause - made from fruit and spices and
malt extract
9. Karamalz
10. KiBa - cherry + banana nectar

SOFT-DRINKS VIDEO

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Traditional German alcoholic
drinks:
1. Regional Bier & Wine
2. Biermischgetränk - beer mixed drinks
(Radler - beer mixed with lemonade,
Schöfferhofer , Ruß - wheat beer mixed with
lemonade, Mohren - wheat beer mixed with
coke, Berliner Weiße - sour beer, could be also
mixed with raspberry or woodruff syrup)
3. Schaumwein / Sekt (sparkling wine that is
made by using "Méthode champenoise”)
Sekt - sparkling wine f.e. Fürst von Metternich,
Henkel
4. Federweißer - jung wine (in September)
5. Obstwein - wine made from different fruits
than grapes, e.g. apple wine
6. Süßer - jung apple wine (in September)
7. Likörwein - dessert wine e.g. Eiswein (ice
wine) or Beerenauslese (late harvest wine) -
wine usually made form Riesling grape, extra
sweet
8. Weinmischgetränk e.g. Bowle (punch)

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Traditional German alcoholic
drinks:

9. Obstbrand/Obstwasser - fruit spirit e.g.

Kirschwasser - no additional sugar
10. Obstgeist - fruit spirit f.e. Himbeergeist
that is fermented with a help of additional
sugar
11. Getreidebrand - grain brandy f.e. Echter
Nordhäuser Korn
12. Likör - spirits with high sugar content f.e.
Jägermeister (herbal liquoer), Verpoorten
(egg liqueur) or Berliner Luft (peppermint
liqueur)

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS VIDEO

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Traditional German Dinner:
1. Festtagsuppe - clear meat broth
served with different dumplings
2. Maultaschen - German dumplings
filled with filling that contains
sausage meat
3. Käsespätzle - soft egg noodles with cheese
4. Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus - potato
pancakes with apple sauce
5. Forelle Müllerin - fried trout coated in flour
6. Zander - pike-perch
7. Schnitzel mit Rahmsoße - Schnitzel with
cream sauce
8. Schnitzel mit Pilzsoße - Schnitzel with
hunter’s sauce
9. Schnitzel mit Zwiebelsoße - Schnitzel with
onion sauce
10. Schnitzel mit Schnitzel with gypsy sauce
11. Schnitzel mit Grüner Soße - Schnitzel
with green sauce
12. Schweinebraten - pork roast
13. Rouladen mit Apfelrotkohl und Klößen -
beef rolls with potato dumplings and apple
red cabbage

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Traditional German Dinner:

14. Frikadelle - meatball

15. Leberkäse - baked minced corned beef,
bacon, liver and other pork meat (named
after cheese consistancy - Käse - cheese)
16. Fleischkäse/Bayrische Leberkäse - baked
minced corned beef, bacon and other pork
meat
17. Kassler - cured and slightly smoked cut of
pork (pork neck or loin) similar to gammon
18. Haxe/Eisbein/Haspel/Knöchla - pork
knuckle

AUTHENTIC GERMAN DISHES VIDEO

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Traditional German Vegeterian
Dishes:

1. Flammkuchen - tarte flambée

2. Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus - potato
pancakes with apple sauce
3. Käsespätzle - German noodle dish with
cheese and fried onions on the top
4. Ofenkartoffeln mit Quark - baked potatoes
served with Quark (German Curd Cheese)
5. Obazda/Sachsenhäuser Schneegestöber -
spread made of different cheeses and spices
6. Germnknödel - yeast dumplings, usually
filled with fruits or berries and served with
vanilla sauce or butter on the top
7. Bärlauchsuppe - wild garlic soup
8. Spargelsuppe - white asparagus soup
9. Pffiferlingesuppe - chanterelle soup
10. Pfifferlinge mit Semmelknödel - creamy
chanterelle served with bread dumplings
11. Maronensuppe - chestnuts soup
12. Kürbissuppe - pumpkin soup

VEGETARIAN VIDEO
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Traditional German Street-Food:

1. Brötchen mit Wurst (Bockwurst, Bratwurst,

Rindwurst, Thüringerwurst, Fleischwurst,
Krakauer)
2. Currywurst - Bratwurst served with curry
sauce and curry powder on the top
3. Brötchen mit Schnitzel - bread roll with
Schnitzel
4. Brötchen mit Schweinenacken - bread roll
with pork neck
5. Brötchen mit Leberkäse/Fleischkäse -
bread roll with baked meat loaf
6. Bread roll with fish - bread roll with
breaded alaska fillet
7. Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus - potato
pancake with apple sauce
8. Schmalzbrot - slice of bread with lard and
sometimes roast onions and pickles
9. Pfefferbeißer - smoked sausage made of
pork and beef, spiced with pepper

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Traditional German Desserts:

1. Griespudding - semolina pudding (custard)

2. Schokoladenpudding - chocolate pudding
(custard)
3. Apfelringe - battered apple rings with
vanilla ice and whipped cream
4. Reispudding - rice pudding (custard)
5. Quarkspeise - dessert made from Quark
cheese
6. Spaghetti Eis - ice dessert in spaghetti
(vanilla ice) form, covered with strawberry
sauce (ragu)
and coconut or white chocolate flakes
(parmesan) - I know...! :)
7. Rote Grütze - sweet fruit dish 
8. Crepes - thin pancakes served with
different toppings
9. Heiße Liebe - vanilla ice served with hot
raspberry sauce (made from fresh
raspberries)

DESSERT VIDEO

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Traditional German Baked Goods:

Popular bread (over 3000 types!)

1. Mischbrot - the most popular bread, mixed
wheat and rye flour
2. Roggenbrot - rye bread 
Popular bread rolls (over 1200 types!)
1. Kaiserbrötchen - wheat bread roll
2. Roggenbrötchen - rye bread roll
3. Vollkornbrötchen - whole grain bread roll
4. Kürbiskernbrötchen - wheat bread roll
with pumpkin seeds
5. Weltmeisterbrötchen - mixed flour bread
roll with different seeds
6. Milchbrötchen - bread roll that contains
milk or milk powder
7. Rosinenbrötchen - bread roll that contains
milk or milk powder and raisins
8. Laugenbrötchen - pretzel roll
9. Brezel - pretzel

BREAD VIDEO

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Traditional German Baked Goods:

Popular sweets rolls

1. Plunder - danish pastry rolls
2. Zimtschnecke - cinnamon rolls
3. Nussecke - nut wedge often made od
shortcrust pastry, jam, camelized nuts and
dark chocolate
4. Flammendes Herz -  layers of shortcrust
pastry filled with jam and covered with
chocolate
5. Krepel/Berliner - doughnut
6. Hefezopf - braided yeast bun
Popular cakes:
1. Streuselkuchen - crumb cake
2. Butterkuchen - butter cake
3. Donauwelle - sponge cake covered with
cream, sour cherries and a layer of chocolate
4. Bienenstich - bee string cake, cake made
from yeast dough filled with buttercream
and covered with caramelized almonds
5. Apfelkuchen - apple cake
6. Zwetschgenkuchen - plum cake

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Traditional German Baked Goods:

Popular cakes:
7. Obstschnitte - sponge cake with cream
and different fruits or berries
8. Kalter Hund - hedgehog slice made of
chocolate and biscuit
9.Eierschecke - sheet cake made of yeast
dough topped with apple, quark (curd) and
poppy seeds and parts of it are covered with
a glaze
10. Marmorkuchen - marble cake (order with
whipped cream!!!)

CAKE VIDEO

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Traditional German Baked Goods:

Creme Cakes:
1. Schwarzwälder Kirchtorte
- Black Forest Cake - chocolate sponge cake
with cream and cherries
2. Prinzregententorte
- Bavarian torte consisting of at least six,
usually seven thin layers of sponge cake
interlaid with chocolate buttercream and a
topping of apricot jam upon the very last.
The exterior is covered in a dark chocolate
glaze
3. Frankfurter Kranz - Frankfurt Crown Cake -
sponge cake filled with butter cream and
red jam, sprinkled with brittle nuts and
decorated with candied cherries
4. Friesentorte - pie crust and puff pastry,
whipped cream and powidl (plum sauce)
5. Herrentorte  - sponge cake alike made of
many layers, filled with wine cream and
covered with dark chocolate.

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Seasonal German Dishes:

January: Kürbissuppe
- pumpkin soup, wild meat
February: Kürbissuppe - pumpkin soup
April: Spargel - white asparagus,
Bärlauchsuppe - wild garlic soup,
Rabarberkuchen - rhubarb cake
May: Spargel - white asparagus,
Bärlauchsuppe - wild garlic soup,
Erdbeerkuchen - strawberry cake,
Rabarberkuchen - rhubarb cake
June: Spargel - white asparagus,
Erdbeerkuchen - strawberry cake,
Rabarberkuchen - rhubarb cake
July: Spargel - white asparagus,
Erdbeerkuchen - strawberry cake,
Zwetschgenkuchen - plum cake
August: Zwetschgenkuchen - plum cake,
wild meat

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Seasonal German Dishes:

September: Federweißer - jung wine, Süßer -

jung apple wine, Pffiferlinge - chanterelle,
Zwetschgenkuchen - plum cake, wild meat
October: Kürbissuppe - pumpkin soup,
Pffiferlinge - chanterelle, Zwetschgenkuchen
- plum cake, wild meat
November: Kürbissuppe - pumpkin soup,
wild meat
December: Kürbissuppe - pumpkin soup,
Maronensuppe - chestnuts soup, Bratapfel -
baked apples, wild meat
(especially duck and goose!)

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Regional German Dishes:

Frankfurt/Hessen:
Ahle Wurst - smoked, air-dried pork sausage
Frankfurter Wurst - 100% pork sausage
Rindswurst - 100% beef sausage
Handkäse mit Musik - high protein cheese
served with raw onion sauce
Grüne Soße - green sauce made of 7 herbs,
sour cream, hard boiled eggs and spices
Frankfurter Kranz - sponge cake filled with
butter cream, red jam, sprinkled with brittle
nuts and candid cherries
FRANKFURT FOOD VIDEO
FRANKFURT FOOD BLOG POST
Munich/Bayern:
Obazda - cheese spread
Dampfnudeln / Germknödel - yeast
dumplings
Weißwurst - Bavarian white sausage made
of veal and pork meat, served with sweet
mustard before noon!
Obazda - cheese speard
Schweinshaxe - pork knuckle

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Regional German Dishes:

Nuremeberg/Franken:
Nürnberger Bratwürste - Nuremberger
sausages
Saure Zipfel - Bratwurst cooked
in vinegar (I know!)
Fränkischer Karpfen - fried carp
Fränkisches Schäufele - roasted pork
shoulder
Elisenlebkuchen - gingerbread prepared
without flour
NUREMBERG FOOD VIDEO
Stuttgart/Schwaben/Allgäu:
Flädle - meat broth with pancake
Maultaschen - Swabian dumplings
Schupfnudeln - potato dumplings with
sauerkraut and bacon
Linsen mit Spätzle und Würstchen - cooked
lentils with Swabian egg noodles and
Vienna sausages
Zwiebelrostbraten - roast beef served with
sauce, Swabian egg noodles and fried onion
on the top!
STUTTGART VIDEO
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Regional German Dishes:

Köln/Rheinland:
Kölsch Bier - beer from Cologne
Halver Hahn - rye bread or roll served with
butter, raw onion, cheese and mustard
Kölscher Kaviar - lightly smoked blood
sausage served with mustard, raw onions
and double roll made from two pieces of
dough
Saure Nierchen - sour kidneys
Himmel und Äd - blood sausage served with
mash potatoes and apple sauce
Rheinischer Sauerbraten - beef sour roast
COLOGNE VIDEO

Berlin:
Fassbrause - regional beer
Berliner Weiße - regional beer
Currywurst - Bratwurst topped with curry
sauce and curry powder
Döner Kebab - do I need to explain that?;)
Leber Berliner Art - liver served with mash
potato, apple sauce and fried onions
Berliner Luft - peppermint liqueur
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Regional German Dishes:

Dresden/Ostdeutschland
Milbenkäse - cheese made with help of
cheese mites (yes! Mites!)
Biersuppe - roux-based soup with beer,
sometimes poured over bread
Solyanka - soup made from the leftovers;)
Sächsische Kartoffelsuppe - Saxonian potato
soup
Thüringer Bratwurst - Bratwurst from
Thuringia
Sächsischer Sauerbraten - Saxonian
sour roast
Gebackene Kloßscheibe - pan-fried
and breaded potato dumplings
Schwerzbierbraten - pork roast with
dark beer
Eierschencke - made of yeast dough
topped with apple, quark (curd) and 
poppy seeds and parts of it are covered
with a glaze made of cream
Baumkuchen - German spit cake

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Regional German Dishes:

Nordostdeutschland
Sanddorn - Seabuckthorn
Gebratener Räucheraal
- smoked fried eel
Labskaus - salted meat or corned beef,
potatoes, and onion
Grünkohl mit Pinkel - kale mixed with
smoked blood sausage with buckwheat
Rippenbraten - pork belly filled with sour
fruits (like plums) served with red cabbage
and potato dumplings
Fliederbeersuppe - edelberry soup
Steckrübeneintopf - stew made from swede,
carrots and potatoes as well as usually
smoked or pickled, types of meat or sausage
Brathering - fried herring
Bismarkhering - Pickeled herring served
with bread roll
Pellkartoffeln mit Quark mit Leinöl - jacket
potatoes with German curd cheese and
linseed oil

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Regional German Dishes:

Hamburg/Nordwestdeutschland
Franzbrötchen - danish pastry filled
with butter an cinnamon
Knipp - is a type of sausage made
by mixing meat with grains
Hamburger Aalsuppe - eel soup from
Hamburg
Labskaus - salted meat or corned beef,
potatoes, and onion
Bismarckhering - Pickeled herring served
with bread roll
Brathering - Fried herring
Grünkohl - Kale
Kohlroulade - cabbage rolls filled with
minced meat
Hamburger Zwiebelfleisch - fried beef with
onion sauce and boiled potatoes
Fliederbeersuppe - edelberry soup
Bremer Kükenragout - jung chicken, crayfish
tails, North Sea crabs
Ostfriesentee - mix of up to 10 different kinds
of black tea

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Additional resourses
I created this checklist to give you an overview of the most
important dishes to try in Germany. For more content,
please head out to:

Local Food Advice - blog for people who travel for food

Cooking the World - cooking blog with traditional German

recipes

YouTube Channel - channel about German food

Food Tour Frankfurt - for all of you who are coming to

Frankfurt and would love to get to know Frankfurt cuisine.
(And me me personally!:))

Yours faithfully,

Marta Kieser
FOOD GUIDE, FOOD
TRAVELLER AND BLOGGER

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