Germany

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Hefeweizen

Classic Bavarian wheat ale, top-fermented with mousse-like foam and cloudy appearance from high wheat content.

🇩🇪Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Helgoländer knieper

Helgoländer Knieper are claws of North Sea edible crab, boiled and served chilled or warm with their sweet meat.

🇩🇪Munich, Germany

Helles Lager

Helles

German-style lager from Munich since 1894, Bavarian answer to Czech pilsner with malt-forward character.

🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

Hessian Apple Wine

Hessischer Apfelwein

Traditional cider from Frankfurt and Hesse, dry and tart with 5-7% ABV, served in diamond-patterned glasses.

🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

Hessischen salzkuchen

Hessischen salzkuchen is a dish made with a defined local recipe and ingredients.

🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

Hessischer speckkuchen

Hessischer speckkuchen is a dish made with a defined local recipe and ingredients.

🇩🇪Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Hirschpfeffer

Hirschpfeffer braises venison in red wine with juniper, pepper and aromatics until the meat is tender.

🇩🇪Saarland, Germany

Hoorische

Hoorische are Saarland potato dumplings made from a mixture of cooked and raw potato, often served with bacon sauce.

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

Hoppelpoppel

Hoppelpoppel is a Berlin skillet of fried potatoes, onion and leftover meat bound with softly set eggs.

🇩🇪Germany

Hunting Sausage

Jagdwurst

Coarse cooked sausage with visible pork meat chunks, hearty and flavorful, also called Schinkenwurst.

🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

Hüdel

Hüdel are Lower Saxony flour-and-potato dumplings boiled and served with bacon, gravy or fruit depending on the table.

🇦🇹Austria

Ice Wine

Eiswein

Noble sweet wine made from grapes frozen naturally on the vine at -7°C, high sugar concentration with balancing acidity, concentrated and rare.

🇩🇪Lower Saxony, Germany

Jägermeister

Herbal liqueur with 56 herbs, roots, and spices, from Lower Saxony, served cold as a digestif or shot.

🇩🇪Germany

Kaesekuchen

Kaesekuchen is German baked cheesecake made with quark, egg, sugar and lemon over a pastry or crumb base.

🇦🇹Austria

Kaiser Roll

Kaisersemmel

Kaiser Roll is a dish made with a defined local recipe and ingredients.

🇦🇹Austria

Kaiserschmarrn

Kaiserschmarrn is a thick airy pancake torn into caramelised pieces, served with plum or fruit compote in Austria and neighbouring traditions.

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

Kalbsleber Berliner Art

Kalbsleber Berliner Art pairs pan-seared calf liver with caramelised apple, onion and often mashed potato.

🇩🇪Germany

Kale with Pinkel

Grünkohl mit Pinkel

Traditional winter kale stew from northwest Germany with Pinkel sausage, potatoes, and bacon.

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Kartoffelschmarrn

Kartoffelschmarrn tears cooked potatoes into rough pieces and fries them in butter until crisp and golden.

🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

Kasseler speckkuchen

Kasseler speckkuchen is a dish made with a defined local recipe and ingredients.

🇩🇪Germany

Kassler

Cured and smoked pork cut, similar to gammon, served with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes.

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

Keg Soda

Fassbrause

German non-alcoholic drink from Berlin made from fruit, spices, and malt extract, invented in 1908 as a beer substitute.

🇩🇪Germany

Kellerbier

Unfiltered lager, historically aged in cellars, with a hazy appearance and good yeast character.

🇩🇪Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Kloppschinken

Kloppschinken is Mecklenburg smoked pork ham warmed or roasted and served in thick slices with cabbage or potatoes.

🇩🇪Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Kluten

Kluten are North German flour dumplings made with egg and milk, boiled and served with fruit compote or a savoury sauce.

🇩🇪Germany

Knackwurst

Pre-boiled sausage made from ground pork and beef, heavily seasoned with garlic with high fat content.

🇩🇪Germany

Kohlroulade

Kohlroulade wraps minced meat, onion and seasoning in blanched cabbage leaves, then braises the parcels in gravy.

🇩🇪Germany

Korn

German grain spirit from rye, wheat, or barley, 32-37.5% ABV, with a clean grain flavor.

🇩🇪Germany

Kottenbutter

Kottenbutter is a Westphalian rye sandwich spread with butter and topped with smoked ham, raw onion and pepper.

🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

Krautshäuptchen

Krautshäuptchen is a Hessian cabbage parcel filled with minced meat, onion and herbs, braised until the leaves soften.

🇩🇪Germany

Kristallweizen

Filtered clear wheat beer, sparkling and refreshing, with wheat beer flavor but no yeast haze.

🇩🇪Cologne, Germany

Kölsch

Pale top-fermented beer from Cologne, cold-conditioned like a lager, with a clean crisp profile.

🇩🇪Germany

Königsberger Klopse

Meatballs in a white caper sauce, a traditional East Prussian dish now popular throughout Germany.

🇩🇪Germany

Labskaus

Northern German sailor's stew of corned beef, mashed potatoes, and beets, topped with fried egg and rollmops.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Landjäger

A dry-cured, smoked raw sausage of beef and pork, pressed into a flat rectangle and sold in pairs, eaten as a hiking snack throughout German Switzerland.

🇦🇹Bavaria, Austria

Leberkäse

Meat Loaf

Meatloaf made from finely ground pork, beef, and bacon, baked until crispy outside and juicy inside, contains no liver in Austria, a daily staple.