Bavaria
See also: Bavaria| Name | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weißwürste | Snack | Lt.:'White sausages'; a speciality from Munich, traditionally eaten for second breakfast. Always accompanied by sweet mustard, pretzels, and wheat beer. Traditionally not served after 12 noon because in earlier days, before fridges, the sausages had to be consumed before 12 noon so that they didn't decay. But, nowadays, people also eat it for dinner or lunch. | |
| Weizenbier/Weißbier (wheat beer) | Beverage | Wheat beer | |
| Helles Bier (Helles) | Beverage | Helles is a German beer style that is usually drank in Bavaria, Germany. It has a yellow, gold color, and has 4.5-6% alcohol. | |
| Radler | Beverage | A beer mixed with citrus lemonade | |
| Russ | Beverage | Wheat beer mixed with lemonade. The name Russen (Russian) comes from the fact that after WWI, the left wing party, Genossen, mixed their beer with lemonade because they did not want to get drunk so quickly. In Munich, these members of left wing parties were called Russians (based on their political beliefs), and also their beer was named after this fact. Often also consumed in a one-liter mug, called the Maß (Russen Maß). | |
| Schweinsbraten | Main course | Sliced pork roast with a crunchy crust that was boiled in a pot. | |
| Schweinshaxe | Main course | Braised pork leg with a crunchy brown crust on the outside, and a moist and juicy inside. Served with gravy and Klöße. | |
| Leberkäse | Snack | A type of sausage baked in a mould and cut into slices. When eaten as a main course, it is sliced and served with an egg (must be sunny side up style), and mashed potatoes. For a quick lunch, it is usually eaten in a bread-roll with mustard, a bit like a hotdog. Some people eat the Leberkäse with hot mustard, others with sweet mustard. | |
| Schlachtschüssel | Snack | Lt.: Butchers plate; a combination of Blutwurst and Leberwurst (blood sausage and liver sausage), served hot on sauerkraut. | |
| Saures Lüngerl | Main course | A ragout from lung and sometimes heart from the veal. | |
| Kartoffelsalat | Side dish | Bavarian potato salad is usually made with broth, bacon bits and onions and may be served hot or chilled. | |
| Radi | Side dish | Raphanus that is heavily salted so the water is extruded. | |
| Pichelsteiner | Main course | A stew made from various kinds of meat and vegetables. | |
| Bayrisch Creme | Dessert | A very light, fluffy, and not too sweet dessert made from gelatin, milk, cream, egg yolk, and sugar. | |
| Prinzregententorte | Cake | A cake that consists of six thin cake layers with chocolate buttercream in between. | |
| Topfenstrudel (or Milliramstrudel) | Cake | Similar to Apfelstrudel, but filled with topfen instead, and served with vanilla sauce. | |
| Dampfnudel | Main course | Lt.:'steam noodle'; a sort of white bread made of yeast dough, steamed in a pan and then served with various toppings, e.g. sugar, cinnamon, poppy seeds, jam, butter and vanilla sauce. | |
| Buchteln | Main course | Sweet dumplings made of yeast dough, filled with jam, poppy seed paste, or curd, and baked in a large pan so that they stick together. The traditional Buchtel is filled with plum powidl jam. Buchteln are topped with vanilla sauce, powdered sugar, or eaten plain and warm. |
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