Ingredients: 8 tomatoes, sliced salt 4 fish fillets (approx. 800 g) 1/3 cup tomato paste or thick tomato sauce 1/3 cup dry white wine or broth 2 tbsp parsley, chopped 1/3 cup finely chopped onion 1/3 cup breadcrumbs 1/3 cup grated Emmentaler cheese 2 tbsp butter   Preparation: Preheat oven … [Read more...]

Gründonnerstag is the Thursday before Easter, known as Maundy Thursday. It means “green Thursday”, although it is thought that the word “grün” is actually derived from the word “greinen” meaning to weep. However, despite there being nothing traditionally green about “green Thursday”, Germans often eat green-colored foods such as herb … [Read more...]

Ingredients: 5 hard-boiled eggs 1/2 cup rapeseed oil 5 oz plain yogurt 5 oz sour cream 2 tablespoons finely chopped herbs (e.g. watercress, chives, sorrel, parsley, chervil etc) 1 garlic clove juice of half a lemon 1 tablespoon German prepared mustard salt and pepper to taste 1 pinch sugar 1 pickled German gherkin 1 onion Directions: 1. Peel … [Read more...]

The Friday before Easter is known as Karfreitag or "Sorrowful Friday", and traditionally people eat fish for dinner with their family. Ingredients: 2 potatoes, peeled 1 onion, halved 300 g white fish fillets, skinned 150 g smoked fish fillets, skinned a little flour for dusting some canola oil for shallow frying sea salt and freshly ground … [Read more...]

Ingredients: 800 g fresh lamb 2 medium - sized onions butter, oil 1/2 cup red wine pepper and salt 2 cups broth 500 g green beans 400 g potatoes fresh herbs to serve with Directions: 1. Dice lamb into even cubes and slice onions. Heat butter in a pot and then roast gently the fresh lamb in it. Extinguish it with red wine. Add … [Read more...]