German Christmas Recipes

Germany is popular for its beautiful churches and castles. Another well-known thing about Germany is German Christmas recipes. They are peculiar and have a German touch in them. There are many things found in common in all the German Christmas food. For them, Christmas is a feasting time so food is a major part of Christmas celebration.

The main German Christmas recipe has to include goose. They are too fond of goose and like to cook it during Christmas. They stuff the goose with varied ingredients and make a delicious German Christmas recipe. Another bird that is used is duck which is also favourite of Germans.. Not just gooses but there are other food stuffs that are popular and much liked by German people for Christmas dinner and feasting.

Read ahead to know about the German Christmas recipes that you can tyr in your country:

1. Christmas Goose Recipe

   Goose is a traditional recipe of Germany for Christmas. In this German Christmas recipe; you can opt for a duck if you do not get a goose.

   Ingredients:

   • A life size bird (you can use a goose or duck)
   • Ninety gms. breadcrumbs
   • Sixty gms. walnuts
   • One fifty gms sausage meat
   • One fifty gms. liver
   • Thirty gms. flour
   • Two eggs
   • One tbsp. chopped parsley, sage and mint
   • Ninety gms. raisins and sultanas
   • One twenty gms. diced apples

   Method:

   • Cut the bird and clean off its wing.
   • Take a bowl and beat eggs in it.
   • Take a bowl and mix minced liver and sausage.
   • After you have done this, then add to this breadcrumbs, flour, and eggs.
   • Then add fruits and nuts.
   • Now stuff these things into the goose and apply them on top of it.
   • Make cuts on the goose so that the stuffing gets in properly.
   • Bake at least for an hour.

2. Wine Pastries Recipe

   This German Christmas recipe is a combination of sweet pastries and wine.

   Ingredients:

   • One lemon
   • Four cups flour
   • Three cups butter
   • Two half cups sugar
   • One egg, beaten
   • Six tablespoons wine
   • coarse sugar, or chopped nuts (for garnishing)

   Method:

   • Take a bowl and squeeze out the juice from the lemon. Do not throw away the skin of lemon grate it into small pieces.
   • Now take another bowl and add to it sugar, butter, lemon skin, wine and juice. Mix this mixture and then add wine and flour in it.
   • Knead the dough and let it set for two hours.
   • Roll dough into round shapes and cut them into desired shapes.
   • Keep these pastries to set overnight.
   • Next day preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
   • Until the oven gets heated, apply beaten eggs on these pastries and then sprinkle with coarse sugar.
   • Now bake these pastries until they get a golden brown color.

These German Christmas recipes will bring a German touch to your Christmas celebration.