German & Austrian recipes
19 German & Austrian recipes for a home kitchen, from 25 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
25 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Skillet currywurst
Browned bratwurst sliced and served in a warm sauce of ketchup, tomato paste and curry powder sharpened with cider vinegar. This German street-food favorite comes together in one skillet.
30 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Pork and sauerkraut with caraway
Seared pork loin chops served over sauerkraut simmered with onion and caraway, with a little Dijon on the side. A hearty one-skillet meal.
30 min
German & Austrian · dinner
East German sausage schnitzel
Thick rounds of fully cooked bologna coated in flour, egg and breadcrumbs, pan-fried until golden and served on pasta with a quick onion and tomato sauce.
35 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Giant pork schnitzel
Pounded-thin pork cutlets in a crisp, puffy crumb crust, with lemon.
40 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Cheese spaetzle with browned onions
Tender spaetzle melted with Emmental in the skillet and piled with slow-browned onions and chives.
40 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Roasted cabbage with Dijon and caraway
Cabbage roasted until sweet and frilly at the edges, then coated in tangy mustard and caraway.
40 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Pork schnitzel, Viennese style
Thin pork cutlets coated in flour, egg and very fine breadcrumbs, fried in oil with a little lard so the crust puffs into waves, served with potato and cucumber salads.
40 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Potato rösti
A big golden Swiss potato cake, crisp outside and tender inside.
40 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Raclette dinner at home
Melted raclette cheese scraped over potatoes, pickles and charcuterie—made in a skillet or oven.
150 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Beef rouladen
Thin beef slices rolled around mustard, bacon, onion and pickle, braised in a rich gravy.
240 min
German & Austrian · dinner
Sauerbraten
German pot roast marinated for days in spiced vinegar and wine, braised and served with a gingersnap-sweetened gravy.
Lunch & snacks
35 min
German & Austrian · lunch
Warm German potato salad
Tender potatoes in a warm bacon, onion and cider vinegar dressing.
40 min
German & Austrian · lunch
Beer-braised brats with onions
Bratwurst simmered in beer with onions, then seared and tucked into buns with the onions and mustard.
40 min
German & Austrian · lunch
Swabian potato salad
Southern German potato salad of warm waxy potatoes dressed in vinegar, broth, onion and oil until creamy—no mayo.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
90 min
German & Austrian · baking
Soft pretzels
Chewy, deep-brown pretzels dipped in a baking-soda bath and topped with coarse salt.
120 min
German & Austrian · baking
Sachertorte
Viennese chocolate cake layered with apricot jam under a glossy dark chocolate glaze.
150 min
German & Austrian · baking
Black Forest cake
Layers of chocolate sponge soaked in cherry syrup with whipped cream, cherries and chocolate shavings.
150 min
German & Austrian · baking
Apple strudel
Austrian stretched paper-thin dough rolled around cinnamon apples, raisins and buttery breadcrumbs.
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