German Potato Soup (Kartoffelsuppe) (2024)

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What is the most popular soup in Germany? ›

Common soups in German restaurants include oxtail, beef or chicken broth with noodles, dumplings, or rice, goulash, split pea, cream of asparagus, turtle soup (Echte Schildkrötensuppe) and cream of lobster.

German Potato Soup (Kartoffelsuppe)

Boil the ham bone and the bay leaves in approximately 3 quarts of water for one hour. If your broth boils down too much you may need to add extra water. Remove and cut the meat into chunks after your rich broth is made. Add ham, onion, celery, potatoes, carrots, salt, pepper, cabbage and parsley to the broth.

In the U.S., gumbo is the top national soup, a thick spicy soup from Louisiana. Clam chowder is another.

Tip: Cornstarch will thicken your soup more than flour, but both are a good option if you need to thicken a very thin soup. Pour in 1 cup (60 g) of instant potato flakes for a quick fix. This will add extra potato flavor to your soup, so you don't have to worry about changing the taste.

According to the Taste Atlas Awards, the international food database, the Filipino favorite, Sinigang, is hailed as the best soup in the world.

Of all these regional and national dishes, Germany is most famous for Currywurst, sausages, pretzels and Black Forest Gateau, but as you can see, there is plenty more to German cuisine than just these.

Sauerbraten is regarded as one Germany's national dishes and there are several regional variations in Franconia, Thuringia, Rhineland, Saarland, Silesia and Swabia.

Schwarzsauer (German: [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌzaʊ̯ɐ]) is a North German blood soup with various spices cooked in vinegar-water and a sort of black pudding made with vinegar. It is a traditional dish in parts of northern Germany and formerly also in East Prussia. It is similar to the Spartan black soup.

Kartoffel (German for potato) is a derogatory slang term used by other cultures to describe Germans. It is also used in a humorous way and as a self-denomination.

What are mashed potatoes called in Germany? ›

Kartoffelbrei m

I make mashed potatoes with milk and butter. Ich mache Kartoffelbrei mit Milch und Butter.

A delicious, utterly basic dish that gets a lot of play in the German kitchen, the baked potato is cooked in its skin and often comes wrapped in aluminum foil. Served with a hefty helping of a herbed "Quark" (like yogurt) and a side salad, the "Pellkartoffel" will fill you up — even without a portion of meat.

Bird's Nest Soup

This soup is an expensive delicacy in China where it has been enjoyed for over 400 years. Always in high demand, edible bird's nests are among the most expensive animal products humans consume. Prices can soar to $3,000 per pound. Bird's Nest Soup is made from the nests of a small Southeast Asian bird.

Windsor soup or Brown Windsor soup is a British soup. While commonly associated with the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the practice of calling it 'Brown Windsor' did not emerge until at least the 1920s, and the name was usually associated with low-quality brown soup of uncertain ingredients.

Ohio: Red Tomato-Garlic Soup

Fennel, with its hint of anise flavor, and hot-style vegetable juice add some spunk to mellow tomato.

Why isn't my potato soup creamy? Most creamy soups require you to add dairy of some sort into it. If you're finding your soup is too thin adding milk, add in cream instead, or whole milk.

It was blended for too long. Potatoes are delicate in that they can be over mashed and over blended. This causes their starches to be released and turn into a gluey, gummy mess.

Hühnerbrühe f (cooking)

Whenever I have a cold, my mother cooks chicken broth for me. Immer wenn ich erkältet bin, kocht meine Mutter mir Hühnerbrühe.

Sauerbraten is regarded as one Germany's national dishes and there are several regional variations in Franconia, Thuringia, Rhineland, Saarland, Silesia and Swabia. This pot roast takes quite a while to prepare, but the results, often served as Sunday family dinner, are truly worth the work.