HOW TO COOK SCHWEINSHAXE

How To Cook Schweinshaxe –This dish is a Bavarian counterpart of English pork knuckles or what we also call foreshanks. There are many version of this dish and some of these versions are tricky. But what I am going to share with you is not the tricky one because I don’t believe there is a huge difference between the tricky and simple ones as far as taste is concerned. It is good accompanied with beer and also red wine but I’m not much of a drunk person so water or soda pop would be great. And I eat it with rice. There are many German restaurants in the U.S. so you can try many versions of it because they serve Schweinshaxe. Sometimes, if I don’t find prok knuckles, what I use is just pork. Yep, because the recipe is not good just with pork knuckles but also good with different pork meats. Here is how to cook Schweinshaxe:

Ingredients

2 pork knuckles

1 large size carrots (diced)

1 medium size onion (diced)

1 leek (chopped)

1 stalk celery (chopped)

2 tbsp vegetable shortening

1 tsp black pepper (whole)

¼ cup beer

Ground cumin to taste

Salt to taste

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, put together pork knuckles, celery, leek, carrots, onions, salt and pepper.
2. Add water enough to cover the knuckles.
3. Bring to a boil and simmer over medium-high heat for 2 hours or longer depending on pork. Just check time to time if the pork is yet tender.
4. Remove the knuckles from the pot and set aside.
5. Remove vegetables from the pot and set aside.
6. Reserve the broth.
7. Pre heat oven to 220 degrees C. Put the shortening in a baking pan and melt.
8. Put the knuckles, vegetables and 2 cups of broth to the baking pan.
9. Bake for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, combine beer and salt (to taste) mix well until the salt is dissolved.
10. Sprinkle the knuckles and vegetables with beer and bake for another 10 minutes.
11. Remove from the oven and transfer in serving plates.
12. Scatter cumin over the knuckels.
13. And serve with sauerkraut.

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HOW TO COOK KNODEL

How To Cook Knodel –here is another dumpling dish from Aryan people. This is a traditional dish in Austria. Knodel literally means ‘dumpling’ and it is best serve with toasted bread. Kids love it so it is a good way for the mothers to have their children eat their food an I bet, kids would ask for more. This is good for breakfast and a good source of energy so this not just for the small kids but even for adults because this a breakfast that would help you do you morning chores since it gives fair amount of carbohydrates and protein. You are going to need 2 eggs so if you want to make it a little hearty, just use 3 eggs and remove the yolk. Here is how to cook Knodel:

Ingredients

1 lb toasted white bread (cut into cubes)

1 small size sweet onion (diced)

2 tbsp fresh parsley (diced)

2 tsp butter

2 eggs (whisked)

1 cup milk

Salt and pepper (to taste)

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pan, heat butter over medium heat.
2. Grease a baking dish with butter.
3. In the pan, combine oil and parsley, saute until the onions turn light brown.
4. Add bread and toss perfectly.
5. In a small bowl, combine eggs, salt, pepper and milk. Whisk perfectly.
6. Pour the egg mixture to the same pan and mix well.
7. Remove from heat and let rest for an hour. Make balls from mixture.
8. Put the balls to the baking tray and cover with aluminum foil.
9.  In a steaming pot, put water. Place the baking tray over the water for steaming.
10.  Cover the pot and steam for an hour.
11. Remove the tray from the pot and let cool.
12.  Spread butter melts and serve.

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HOW TO COOK SAUERBRATEN

How To Cook Sauerbraten –Here is another German traditioal dish. It is  very popular in the Rhur Valley region of the country. I have never been to other regions of Germany but I am sure they even make this dish as well. I tried many versions of Sauerbraten and I can say all of them are worth trying because they are so delicious that you’ll get confused whether you are in United States or Deutschland when eating them. It consists of many ingredients so you may want to  replace some with other ingredients but be careful because you might end up ruining the taste, but why not? It would teach you a thing or two so don’t be afraid experimenting. Even myself messed up with the recipes as well but I found the right one that suits my taste. The process is not tricky at all  but you can’t eat it whenever you want because we will have to marinade it. Here is how to cook Sauerbraten:

Ingredients

1 ½ lb. beef rump roast

1 sweet onion (chopped)

½ cup red wine vinegar

½ cup water

½ tbsp salt

½ tbsp ground pepper

1 tsp brown sugar

5 whole cloves

1 bay leaf

1 tbsp flour

Salt to taste

Ground pepper to taste

2 tbsp oil

5 slices bread  (crumbled)

Cooking Procedure

1. In a plastice container, combine together beef rump  roast, water, vinegar wine, onions, salt, pepper, sugar, bay leaf and cloves. Mix well.
2. Cover and marinade for 3 days.
3. After  3 days, remove the meat from marinade and dry.
4. Reserve the marinade and set aside.
5. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper, mix well.
6. Add the meat and mix evenly until all the meat is covered with flour mixture.
7. In a frying pan, heat oil over medium heat.
8. Fry the beef until golden brown on every side.
9. Pour the marinade to the pan. Set the stove at medium-low heat.
10. Simmer until the meat is tender, it s slow cooking so it will take up to 3 hours.
11. Remove the meat and slice.
12. Add bread crumbs to the pan and stir while simmering until the gravy is thickened.
13. Put the meat in a serving plate and pour gravy over the meat.
14. And serve.

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HOW TO COOK PFEFFERPOTTHAST

How To Cook Pfefferpotthast-Another German dish. It is name derived from 3 things, the Pfeffer which means a general term for spicy and hot, pott  means cooked in a pot and the hast means fried meat. This Pfefferpotthast is not a tricky dish to cook, sometimes it is tougher to me when there is no place on earth I can get the ingredients. But this thing we are going to cook this time, the ingredients are common so there would be no problem at all. I have tried many versions of this dish but what I am going to share with you is the simplest but good enough to boast about. But don’t be so selfish, you are on the internet right now so why don’t you share this recipe and put it in your timeline? Let the world know about this great recipe. Here is how to cook Pfefferpotthast:

Ingredients

3 medium size onions (diced)

1 medium size carrots (diced)

1 leek (chopped)

2 stalks of celery (chopped)

2 tablespoon cooking oil

2 pounds beef (cut into serving pieces)

2 cups water

1 bay leaf

2 cloves

5 peppercorns (ground)

½ tablespoon salt

2 slices of rye bread (crumbled)

3 tablespoon lemon extract

¼ teaspoon sugar

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pan, heat oil, add the beef and saute until browned. Remove and set aside.
2. In the same pan, saute onions, carrots, leek, celery until almost cooked.
3. Put back the beef in the pan and saute for 1 minute together with the ingredients.
4. Add water, bay leaf and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Remove the water from the stew and put it in a bowl.
6. In the bowl, add salt, pepper, lemon extract,sugar and bread crumbs. Mix perfectly to make gravy.
7. Put the meat and carrots in the gravy and simmer for 5 minutes.
8. And serve.

Note: You can serve Pfefferpotthast with boiled green peas and potatoes.

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HOW TO COOK PELLKARTOFFELN

How To Cook Pellkartoffeln –I can’t get enough of these German dishes. I still want more of them so I found myself looking up in the internet for the recipes. I don’t know why but they seem to be so appealing to me. I can’t blame myself because these German dishes are so delicious. Yes, most of them are just conterparts of the common food that we know but I always find mysterious taste whenever I eat them. I’m not saying that these dishes are the bests in the world but if there are 10 dishes that I would recommend, German Dishes would be on the list. This time, I am going to share with you another Deutschland food, I actually eat it for breakfast but I think it is also good for snack and even dinner. This recipe I am about to share with you is not mine. Here is how to cook Pellkartoffeln:

Ingredients

1 pound quark

¼  cup of low-fat milk

½ cup spring Onions (chopped)

Salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoon flaxseed oil

¼ cup parsley (chopped)

2 pounds potatoes

Cooking Procedure

1. In a pot, boil the potatoes and simmer (do not peel it), do not overcook the potatoes.
2. In a  bowl, combine together  the quark, milk, onions, salt, pepper and flaxseed oil.
3. Stir perfectly.
4. In a serving plate, put a piece of cooked potatoes and pour a little quark mixture on the side. Garnish with parsley and serve.

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