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From Our German Kitchen: Free German Recipes + Cheat Sheets

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Free recipe collection + cheat sheets

Bring a little Germany into your kitchen.

Nine of our family German recipes, from Sunday Schweinebraten to Römertopf chicken and Christmas Lebkuchen, plus the kitchen cheat sheets we wish we’d had when we moved to Germany.

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When we moved to Germany, I thought cooking would be the easy part. Then I met the flour aisle, the butcher counter and a recipe that called for something I couldn’t find anywhere.

Over the years, the confusion turned into some of our favorite family meals. This free collection brings together the German recipes we still cook today, plus the cheat sheets that finally made German grocery shopping make sense.

What’s inside

Schweinebraten recipe page

9 family recipes

Schweinebraten, bread dumplings, red cabbage, potato salad, Schnitzel, Currywurst, Wurst-Käse-Salat, Lebkuchen and a Römertopf chicken.

Cheat sheet of German beef and pork cuts

Butcher counter cheat sheet

What to ask for when you want chuck roast, brisket, rib eye, short ribs, pork chops and more.

German flour and conversions cheat sheet

Flour + conversions

Which German flour to buy, cups to grams, oven temperatures and what Umluft really means.

Beer-roasted chicken in the Römertopf clay pot

Römertopf basics

How to use a clay pot without cracking it, plus our beer-roasted chicken.

Plus a German grocery words cheat sheet (Backpulver, Natron, Schmand and friends) and space for your own notes on every recipe.

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Who it’s for

  • Americans and other expats cooking in Germany who can’t make sense of the flour aisle or the butcher counter
  • Anyone who lived in Germany and misses the food
  • Römertopf owners looking for a dependable clay pot dinner
  • Home cooks who love a hearty roast, a crispy Schnitzel or a tin of Christmas cookies

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