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🇩🇪 Traditional dishes from Germany

3 dishes people actually cook in Germany: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

What can you cook from Germany? 3 traditional Germany dishes, from Wiener schnitzel (40 min, the quickest) to Currywurst (60 min, the longest). Each recipe is written step by step with full ingredient lists, free to read.

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Bratwurst with sauerkraut

45 minutes · easy · 7 ingredients

Bratwurst with sauerkraut, a traditional dish from Germany

Fried bratwurst served on sauerkraut braised with onion, apple, caraway and beer.

  • 800 g bratwurst
  • 400 g sauerkraut
  • 1 onion
  • 1 apple
  • 1 tsp caraway seeds
  • 300 ml beer
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Currywurst

1 hour · easy · 11 ingredients

Currywurst, a traditional dish from Germany

Berlin street food invented by Herta Heuwer in 1949: fried sausage cut into pieces, drowned in curry ketchup and dusted again with curry powder.

  • 2 tbsp curry powder
  • 4 bratwurst
  • 250 ml tomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp salt

Wiener schnitzel

40 minutes · medium · 8 ingredients

Wiener schnitzel, a traditional dish from Germany

Veal beaten to 4 mm and floated in a deep pan of clarified butter so the loose crumb coat puffs away from the meat.

  • 600 g veal cutlets
  • 500 g clarified butter
  • 200 g breadcrumbs
  • 3 eggs
  • 100 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 tsp salt

What do people eat in Germany?

Copper documents three dishes from Germany: Bratwurst with sauerkraut, Currywurst and Wiener schnitzel. Bratwurst and onion each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 23 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Germany?

The three recipes need 23 ingredients between them, of which 2 are shared by more than one dish. Bratwurst the hardest to find: of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas, 2 use bratwurst. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Germany take?

Wiener schnitzel is the quickest at 40 minutes. Currywurst is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 45 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Germany is easiest to make at home?

Bratwurst with sauerkraut and Currywurst are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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