German Comfort Food Recipes

"For the seeded topping, generally use 8 tablespoons any combination of seeds/pepper/garlic/onion mixture to 1 tablespoon kosher or sea salt."

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Ingredients: cumin seeds, fresh ground black pepper...

"I found this recipe on the Taste of Home website. After being in Switzerland and having Kurbis Soup (Pumpkin Soup), I have been looking for a recipe to make at home. This recipe is delicious! Perfect for Fall nights. I use milk instead of whipping cream in order to save calories. Pumpkin seeds would also be a nice crunchy garnish."

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Ingredients: pepper, heavy whipping cream...

"Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry: This recipe is a comforting call-back to eating Sunday dinner with Grandma. The cheesy center of the potato dumplings, heaped with the spice-kissed bacon gravy is sure to warm tummies and hearts."

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Ingredients: goat cheese, eggs...

"This is a mouthwatering Swiss specialty dish originating in the town of Zurich, Switzerland. Typically served with Rosti (Swiss hashbrowns), but equally good with mashed potatoes, spaetzle, or dumplings. There are many versions of Geschnetzeltes that can be found throughout the region in restaurants and in home kitchens, alike. I particularly like..."

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Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, dry white wine...

"These traditional bread dumplings from Austria and Bavaria make a wonderful accompaniment to a rich gravy, goulash or stew. Just like my Oma made. Enjoy! I've translated the recipe from the delightful German blog, Wolkenfees Kuche."

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Ingredients: pepper, French rolls, eggs...

"My family loves this easy comfort meal...this recipe should feed 6, however, with our appetites, it only feeds 4. You will notice there is no salt in this recipe...the canned soups and maggi contain more than enough salt to satisfy even the most addicted."

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Ingredients: pepper, cream cheese...

"A Russian-German treat courtesy of Mary Eisner. An alternative to using fruit is to sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Baking time approximate."

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Ingredients: eggs, fruit, granulated sugar...

"You can use any type of ground, lean meat, crumbled tofu or even lentils in this hearty, sliceable version of cabbage rolls. Cabbage leaves separate layers of the tomatoey meat and rice mixture and the whole thing is baked like lasagne!"

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Ingredients: cabbage leaves, dried basil...

"A wonderful mac and cheese with creamy cauliflower puree adapted from a recipe by Mark Bittman."

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Ingredients: Dijon mustard, elbow macaroni...

"This is a quick and easy single serving recipe, which was shown as a clip on a local television broadcast. It is quick to make and uses ingredients that most people have at home. We tried it out right away and were impressed. I'm writing the basic recipe, but, of course, you can add more potatoes if you are really hungry or leave out the chili pepper..."

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Ingredients: chives, cooked ham, olive oil...

"This is a typical German dessert that I ate very often as a child. It is made from semolina and quite similar to pudding, only grainier. It is often eaten plain or with some cinnamon-sugar sprinkled on top. Another popular way of eating it is topped with berry compote. I hope youll enjoy this as much as we do! :)"

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Ingredients: milk, sugar, vanilla extract...