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German Recipes

Similar to British Recipes, German recipes get a bad rap. German food is not all stodgy and heavy, and the food in neighboring Austria is even lighter. Here's a collection of nearly 30 recipes to get you started.

A bowl of spinach spaetzle with peas and bacon.
Photo by Holly A. Heyser

What follows is my idiosyncratic collection of German recipes that focus on fish, seafood, wild game, edible wild plants and mushrooms. That doesn't mean you can't make these recipes with supermarket meats -- the dishes have been tested for both.

It gets cold in Germany, so you will see a lot of cool and cold weather dishes here like knoephla soup, which also happens to be popular in North Dakota, hasenpfeffer and lots of sausages, like weisswurst.

That said, German food has a lighter side, too. Take the spinach spätzle in the picture above. It's pretty, light, and perfect for spring. Or the fish balls with green sauce, often done with freshwater fish like pike, perch or walleye, is a light summer supper.

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German jagerschnitzel served with a mushroom sauce, on a rustic plate.

German Jägerschnitzel 

By Hank Shaw on March 23, 2022, Updated June 6, 2022 - 2 Comments

Jägerschnitzel is one of Germany’s best known dishes. Also spelled jaegerschnitzel, it means “hunter’s cutlets,” meat pounded thin and served with a mushroom sauce. Easy to make, and a great way to celebrate a successful hunt. Back in the 1800s, jägerschnitzel was originally made with venison or wild boar loin, pounded thin. It is now normally made

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A bowl of German kasespatzle.

German Käsespätzle

By Hank Shaw on February 7, 2022 - 11 Comments

A simple recipe for German kasespatzle adding cooked, shredded chicken, turkey, pheasant or rabbit. Kasespatzle is a lot like mac and cheese, only better.

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Three venison bratwurst on a cutting board

Venison Bratwurst

By Hank Shaw on September 7, 2021, Updated June 6, 2022 - 31 Comments

My recipe for smoked venison bratwurst, made like the red bratwurst from State Street Brats in Madison, Wisconsin. Even if you don’t like the Badgers, you’ll like these links.

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Three links of weisswurst on a plate

Weisswurst Sausage

By Hank Shaw on April 12, 2021, Updated June 6, 2022 - 15 Comments

A classic German sausage made from white meats and flavored with lemon, parsley and spices.

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A bowl of spinach spaetzle with peas and bacon.

Spinach Spaetzle

By Hank Shaw on April 1, 2021, Updated June 6, 2022 - 14 Comments

A basic spinach spaetzle recipe that can be modified for any green leafy vegetable or herb you want to use, from nettles to parsley.

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Hank Shaw holding Sheboygan brats

Homemade Sheboygan Brats

By Hank Shaw on February 8, 2021, Updated June 6, 2022 - 48 Comments

This was the first sausage I ever learned to make, in Wisconsin. It’s a traditional “white brat” made with veal, pork, or turkey.

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A bowl of knoephla soup

Knoephla Soup

By Hank Shaw on December 14, 2020, Updated June 6, 2022 - 10 Comments

Knoephle soup, a North Dakota classic, with little dumplings, cream, root vegetables and smoked meat, in this case, smoked sharp-tailed grouse.

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German braised duck on a plate

German Braised Duck

By Hank Shaw on January 17, 2019, Updated June 6, 2022 - 21 Comments

Pretty much every culture that eats duck makes braised duck, and this is a venerable recipe from Germany called braised duck Niederwald.  It seems like ages since I first wrote about this recipe, and it has been — at least in blogging time. I first posted a version of this braised duck back in early

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Hi, my name is Hank Shaw. I am a James Beard Award-winning author and chef and I focus my energies on wild foods: Foraging, fishing, hunting. I write cookbooks as well as this website, have a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature, and do a podcast, too. If it’s wild game, fish, or edible wild plants and mushrooms, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!

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