The followings are the original recipes my German friend gave me.
SCHWEINEBRATEN ingredients: - pork shoulder (with bone and skin) - 1 onion - 2 carrots - 2 pieces of garlic - flour - salt and pepper 1. cut little squares into the skin of the pork 2. put all the ingredients into a casserole, add vegetable oil and cook it in the oven at 220 C or 425 F. 3. add water after one hour and add a little bit more water later 4. leave the whole thing in the oven for about 2 and a half hours 5. take it out and add a little bit of flour to the juice (to make the gravy thicker) BLAUKRAUT ingredients: - 1 red cabbage - 1 onion - 1 apple - 4 cloves - salt and pepper - vineger 1. shred the red cabbage, dice the onion and the apple 2. fry the onion in a big pot in vegetable oil (just a little bit, don't let it get brown), add the shredded red cabbage, add 2 cups of water, add salt, pepper, vineger, a bit sugar and 4 cloves, add the apple and boil everything for a short time 3. lower the heat and leave the pot on the stove for about 2 hours (low heat) SERVIETTENKNOEDEL ingredients: - 6 bread buns (one day old) - 2 eggs - 3/8l milk - 1 small onion - a little bit parsley - salt and pepper - 80g butter - 50 g flour - nutmeg - a clean dish towel 1. dice the bread buns; separate the eggs; mix the egg yolks with the milk, add salt and pour the mixture over the buns 2. dice the onion and the parsley; heat one table spoon butter in a pan and fry the onion (don't let it get brown); add the flour and parsley and mix it with the buns 3. beat the eggwhites (add a little salt) and mix with the bun-mixture; add salt, pepper, nutmeg and form a roll (tube) 4. boil water in a big pot (add salt); heat the remaining butter and pour it over the dish towel; wrap the dish towel around the bun-tube and tie the ends with a string 5. cook for about 40 minutes at medium heat; cut the finished roll into slices |