Here we have the next installment of the two part boiled potato post – boiling potatoes with the skins. It’s not very glamourous, and certainly not that different for Part One, but it’s the foundation for some wonderful recipes like schupfnudeln (my favourite!) and warm potato salad. While this isn’t much of a side dish, you…
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Boiled Potatoes: Part One (Salzkartoffeln)
As I’m sure you all know, Germans love their potatoes. There are two main ways they are cooked as a foundation for a variety of potatoes dishes – boiled with skin off (Salzkartoffel), or with the skin on (Pellkartoffel). I just want to quickly demonstrate both ways so that in the future I can just refer back to…
Mini Krapfen (the mini Berliners)
Ich bin ein Berliner! No, John F. Kennedy wasn’t actually saying he was a jelly doughnut but that phrase and the German pastry has become forever linked. It’s not really a bad thing because I’m sure that’s how many of you first heard about this delectable treat. In Germany, they go by many names but the most…