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A type of German Christmas biscuit made of flour, butter, sugar and eggs. Spritzkuchen: A fried pastry similar to doughnuts: Stollen: A fruit cake containing dried fruit and often marzipan and covered with sugar, powdered sugar or icing sugar. Streusel: A crumbly topping of flour, butter, and sugar Streuselkuchen: A yeast dough covered with ...
Apples are the most widely grown fruit in Germany, used to prepare many dishes and beverages in German cuisine. [4] Apples were the only locally grown fruit in Germany that kept during the winter months, which made baked apples an economical choice for holiday desserts in the Christmas traditions of Germany or as a sweet main dish in cold weather.
Rumtopf (Danish: Romkrukke), which literally means rum pot, is an Austrian, German and Danish dessert of mixed fruit and alcohol traditionally eaten around Christmas. [1] [2] It is also made in northern Italy, especially in the valleys of Trentino, where it became traditional in Valsugana. [3]
German food is more than a mere mix of beer, sauerkraut and sausage. Done well, it is rich, hearty and delicious. Check out our list of Germany’s 20 best foods.
The fruit, which ripens in August and September in the Northern Hemisphere, is a popular seasonal table fruit. It is also used for making prunes . Prune plums hold their form well at oven temperatures and are much used in baking, [ 7 ] for example in tarts such as quetschentaart and zwetschgenkuchen .
A bread-like cake with dried citrus peel, dried fruit, nuts, and spices such as cardamom and cinnamon; it is usually eaten during the Christmas season as Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen. The best-known Stollen is from Dresden and is sold at the Striezelmarkt Christmas market, which derives its name from the cake. Weihnachtsgans: Throughout ...
Kirschwasser, produced in Germany and bottled at 40% ABV. Kirschwasser (/ ˈ k ɪər ʃ v ɑː s ər /, UK also /-v æ s ər /, German: [ˈkɪɐʃvasɐ] ⓘ; German for 'cherry water'), or just Kirsch (German: ⓘ; the term used in Switzerland and France, less so in Germany), is a clear, colourless brandy from Germany, Switzerland, and France, traditionally made from double distillation of ...
German Selters, a typical German carbonated mineral water. Johann Jacob Schweppe was a German-Swiss watchmaker and amateur scientist, who developed the first practical process to manufacture bottled carbonated mineral water and began selling the world's first soft drink [80] [81] under his company Schweppes.