8 recipes using cheese — Sauerbraten, bratwurst, pretzels and the hearty flavours of Central Europe.
These 8 german cheese recipes are ready in about 50 minutes on average, with 420–580 kcal per serving, and 50% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
German cooking is hearty and warming, balancing rich roasted and braised meats with the sharp lift of vinegar, mustard and pickles. When German cooks work with cheese, they reach for caraway, mustard, vinegar, onions, juniper and cured pork, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are baking, boiling, frying and caramelising.
A concentrated hit of savoury, salty richness used to melt, gratinate, crumble or finish a dish. In this collection it's most often cooked with eggs, butter, fine sea salt, garlic, whole milk and freshly grated nutmeg. The dishes here span german classics ready in as little as 20 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Käsespätzle is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,240 ratings.
Tender, irregularly shaped German egg dumplings — the ultimate comfort food side dish from Baden-Württemberg. Serve buttered with caramelised onions, or baked cheesy as Käsespätzle.
German egg noodles layered with melted cheese and crispy fried onions, baked until bubbling — the Swabian comfort dish behind German mac-and-cheese.
Saxon Lemon Herb Flatbread turns german pantry flavors into a complete flatbread with flatbread dough, mustard, caraway, potatoes and vinegar, and a fresh chives finish.
German Festival Lemon Herb Flatbread brings german flavor to a practical flatbread built with flatbread dough, mustard, caraway, potatoes and vinegar, and a fresh chives finish.
A classic German breakfast spread of crusty rolls, sliced cheese, cold cuts, soft-boiled eggs and jam, eaten leisurely on weekends.
Ground beef and rice baked together with tomato and paprika until bubbling, a simple, hearty German family casserole.
Creamy German potato gratin baked with a light lemon-yogurt cream and a golden cheese crust.
Creamy layered potato gratin baked until golden, finished with a drizzle of nutty browned butter.
Buy in blocks and grate fresh — pre-shredded cheese is coated with anti-caking starch that hampers melting. Match the cheese to the job: good melters (mozzarella, gruyère) versus crumblers (feta, parmesan).
Let cheese come to room temperature for the fullest flavour. Add delicate cheeses off the heat to stop them splitting; build a smooth sauce with a roux or a starch.
A calcium- and protein-rich food; it is also high in saturated fat and sodium, so a little sharp cheese goes a long way.
Most of these 8 German cheese recipes are ready in around 50 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, German Breakfast Platter with Brotchen and Cold Cuts, takes about 20 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 80 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 420 to 580 kcal per serving, averaging 498 kcal — Spätzle — German Egg Noodles is the lightest option at 420 kcal.
Spätzle — German Egg Noodles is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 25 minutes. 50% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, cheese is most often paired with eggs, butter, fine sea salt, garlic, whole milk and freshly grated nutmeg. German kitchens also lean on caraway, mustard, vinegar, onions, juniper and cured pork.
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