Bremen and Lower Saxony
See also: Lower Saxon cuisine, Bremen, and Lower SaxonyName | Image | Type | Description |
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Birnen, Bohnen und Speck | Main course | A dish of pears, beans and bacon, invariably accompanied by potatoes. | |
Bratwurst | Snack | A grey sausage with veal content that has a mild flavor, is pan-fried and then eaten with a hard roll. | |
Braunkohl | Side dish | see Grünkohl below | |
Braunschweiger | Snack | An internationally known sausage that is spread on toast or used in sandwiches. | |
Bremer Kükenragout | Main course | A ragout made from different kinds of meat and seafood as well as vegetables; may contain no chicken and if it does it's meat from very young chicken. | |
Brunswick Mum | Beverage | An ancient beer from Brunswick. | |
Butterkuchen | Cake | A sheet cake made from yeast dough topped with blops of butter and sugar. | |
Calenberger Pfannenschlag | Snack | Groats that are broiled and eaten with potatoes or on bread with various other side dishes, e.g. pickles or red beet; special kind of Knipp. | |
Pinkel mit Grünkohl | Main course | A dish made from slowly cooked kale that is served with Pinkel, a rather salty sausage. | |
Kassler | Main course | A slowly cooked salted pork dish that is usually served with Knödel and Sauerkraut or potato salad. | |
Kluntjes | Candy | Sugar crystals that are used as sweetener for tea. | |
Knipp | Snack or Main course | Broiled groat sausage. | |
Labskaus | Snack or Main course | A dish made from corned beef, herring, mashed potatoes, and beetroot, served with a fried egg and a pickled cucumber. | |
Nordseekrabben/Nordseegarnelen | Snack or Main course | Prawns from the North sea. | |
Pottwurst | Snack | Another kind of Knipp. | |
Räucheraal | Main course or snack | Smoked eel that is used as ingredient in various dishes. | |
Sauerkraut | Side dish | Shredded cabbage that is naturally fermented by lactic bacteria. | |
Schlachteplatte | Snack | A dish with a variety of meats usually eaten as second breakfast. | |
Spargel | Side dish | Asparagus that is eaten as a delicacy, commonly with potatoes and Sauce hollandaise. | |
Steckrübeneintopf | Main course | A hearty stew made from rutabaga, carrot and potato. | |
Welf pudding | Dessert | A sweet two-layer pudding invented by a royal chef with one layer of vanilla-based and one of wine-based pudding. |
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