HOW TO MAKE LABSKAUS (RECIPE)

Labskaus is actually a combination of 5 or more dishes especially the pickled cucumber, egg omelet, corned beef, herring and mashed potatoes. But you can find many recipes using beetroot too. This meal is very popular in Hamburg, Germany and they make this dish as simple as just using potatoes and corned beef with beets to make it reddish in color. But many Germans serve this meal with fried egg and some pickles. In this recipe I am going to share with you, we are not going to use too thick mashed potatoes, instead, we are going to use thinner but not runny because i find it more pleasing when i eat it. You may want to use your favorite pickled stuff as you wish or you can experiment on it by using several kinds of pickled stuff just to find the best combination that would perfectly suit your taste. Here is the recipe:

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HOW TO MAKE LABSKAUS (RECIPE)

Ingredients:
16 ounce potato (quartered and peeled)
1 medium size onion (chopped)
1/4 cups butter (divided)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup beef broth
1 1/2 pound corned beef chunks
280 grams pickled beets (sliced)1 tbsp pickled beet juice
4 eggs
salt
pepper (freshly ground)

Preparation and Cooking Procedure:
1. In a pot, cook potatoes with salted water. Remove water when cooked and mash.
2. Pour a little bit of broth to make the potatoes wet enough.
3. In a pan, put some butter and saute onion until the onions are transparent.
4. Add corned beef and saute until browned, set aside.
5. Get some beet slices, maybe 4-5 pieces and mince.
6. In a bowl, combine corned beef, potatoes, minced beets and juice. Scatter some salt and pepper and mix perfectly.
7. In a pan, melt butter and fry eggs, scatter with salt and pepper.
8. Put the potato mixture in a serving plate, arrange with beets slices and top with egg.
9. And serve.

HOW TO MAKE LABSKAUS (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE KASSLER (RECIPE)

Kassler is a German version of smoked pork and processing like salt-curing is involved in making this dish. People who make this dish frequently use pork loin or pork chop. Materials used for smoking the meat is sometimes beech wood or alder. Traditionally, this dish is eaten combined with kale and cabbage in Germany and Austria but in the United States, Kassler is baked like the common Ham. Do not use rib roast in making this dish because that won't do. This recipe I am going to share with you is just the starter one for the beginners who want to make this dish. Here it is:

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HOW TO MAKE KASSLER (RECIPE)

Ingredients:

for Brine
4 liters of water
12 ounce kosher salt
8 ounce sugar
1 1/2 ounce pink salt
sage leaves
1/2 tbsp dried thyme
1 tablespoon juniper berries
1/2 tbsp coriander
6 cloves garlic

for meat
80 ounce pork loin

Curing procedure and preparation:
1. In a pan, combine all the ingredients for the brine and simmer until all the sugars and salt are dissolved. Let rest and refrigerate.
2. Prepare the loin by taking away all but fat.
3. Put the loin in the brine and make sure it stay at the bottom being covered with brine mixture.
4. Put in the fridge and Let soak up for two days.
5. Remove the loin and wash, put in the fridge for another day.
6. In a smoker, set up fire using charcoal at the bottom.
7. soak up a handful of wood chips with water.
8. Put some soaked wood chips on a tray and place over the charcoal.
9. Put the loin on the grill and cover. Let it gets smoked for 3 hours. Add more wood chips when necessary or when the chips are burnt out.
10. When done, roast the loin in the oven at 450 degrees F heat for 10 minutes and lower the heat to 250 degress F. Roast for another 3 hours.
11. And serve.

HOW TO MAKE KASSLER (RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE CALENBERGER PFANNENSCHLAG (KNIPP RECIPE)

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This dish is another smoked food. It is a kind of sausage similar to Pinkel originated in Bremen, in Germany. Calenberger Pfannenschlag is a kind of Knipp made of oat groats, and mixture of pork meats. Some Germans call this dish as Hackgrutze and also called as poor man's food. This Knipp is cooked as roasted and consumed with plain bread or boiled potatoes. I am not a German so i think there is more about it that i don't know of. I have seen many kind of this dish and tried many recipes but what I am  going to share with you is just a simple one. You can adjust some of the ingredients so suit your taste preference. Here is how to make it:




HOW TO MAKE CALENBERGER PFANNENSCHLAG (KNIPP RECIPE)

Ingredients
2 cups steel-cut oatmeal
8 ounce pork rind
14 ounce pork maskara (cheek)
8 ounce pork belly
4 pints meat stock
1 tablespoon marjoram (rubbed)
5 pieces all-spice berries
2 bay leaves
2 cloves
2 medium size onions (chopped)
cooking oil

Preparation and Procedure
1. Soak up oatmeal for 10-12 hours
2. In a pot, pour in stock and meats. Bring to a boil.
3. Add marjoram, all-spice, bay leaves and cloves.
4. Remove the meats.
5. Grind all the meats.
6. In the pot of stock, combine meats, onion and oatmeal.
7. Bring to a boil for an hour.
8. Using a plastic wrapper, put mixture on the wrapper and form a log.
9. Press both ends of the plastic wrapper to compress the meat and form a solid log. Tie both ends with string and put in a fridge.

HOW TO MAKE CALENBERGER PFANNENSCHLAG (KNIPP RECIPE)

HOW TO MAKE BUTTERKUCHEN (RECIPE)

This is a kind of yeasted sheet cake which is used as a replacement for some breads like donuts, pancakes and muffins. This dish is best served warm and that is why Butterkuchen is served as snack in Germany or in teatime because this cake is great for combining with coffe and tea in the afternoon. In Germany, this cake is also served during Kaffee und Kuchen, literally means coffe and cake. 

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HOW TO MAKE BUTTERKUCHEN (RECIPE)

Ingredients
4 cups flour
2 tsp dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup warm milk
1 1.2 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
2 tsp cinnamon

Preparation and Procedure
1. In a mixing bowl, put 3 1/2 cups of flour. Make a hole or hollow in the center of the flour.
2. Put the yeast in the hollow and pour warm milk. Add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and stir a little.
3. Let rest for 15 minutes in a warm place.
4. Add salt and egg together with 6 tablespoon of melted butter, add 3/4 cup sugar too and mix the dough until smooth and solid.
5. Form the dough into a ball-like form and put in butter-greased pan. Cover with clean cloth and let rest for half an hour.
6.On a board or table, scatter flour on it. Roll out the dough and make it as thin as half an inch and transfer it to a jellyroll pan. Let rest for another 15 minutes.
7. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
8. Using a spatula, dimple the top of the dough mostly for cosmetic purposes, to make the cake looks better. Scatter sugar and cinnamon over the dough. Chop the remaining butter and place on top of the dough evenly.
9. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the cake is done and the mixture is caramelized.
10. Let cool down a bit and serve warm with coffee.

HOW TO MAKE BUTTERKUCHEN (RECIPE)