5 German Recipes, but make them vegan. (childhood favorites)

HALLI HALLO. This video has been requested for ages, we’ll be veganizing typical German recipes aka foods I loved as a child. Sweet and savory - there will be vegan Käsespätzle, Kalter Hund, Bienenstich, Curry Wurst and a German type breakfast. Hope u enjoy!

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INGREDIENTS & NOTES

#1 German Breakfast 0:33

literally just fresh buns with sweet and savory stuff to put on top.
also, if u grew up with an almond mum there was some yogurt and muesli present.
served w insanely strong coffee, fruity tea or hot chocolate.

#2 Käsespätzle (cheese noodles) 1:57
for the dough:
180 g (1 1/2 cups) flour
30 g wheat semolina (3 tbsp)
35 g corn or potato starch (3 1/2 tbsp)
2 tsp veg oil
1/2 tsp salt
250ml (1 cup) non dairy milk
generous pinch of salt for the water
1 onion
1 tbsp vg butter
200 ml vegan cream (3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp)
1 handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 tsp white wine vinegar
salt, pepper to taste
2 handfuls vegan pizza cheese, more for the top
butter for the casserole dish
→ serves 1-2

#3 Kalter Hund (cold dog) 5:27

300 g dark couverture (high fat chocolate for ganache) (10.6oz)
200 g semi sweet chocolate (7oz)
150 g refined coconut oil or vg butter (5.3oz)
200 ml vegan cream (3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp)
2 pack vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla extract
300g plain vegan biscuits (10.6oz)
→ yields 1 loaf pan, 20-25cm (8inch to 9inch)
→ lasts in the fridge for 1 week

#4 Bienenstich (bee sting cake) 8:16
for the dough:
125ml (1/2) cup non dairy milk
30g vg butter (3 tbsp)
260g flour (2 cups plus 2 tbsp) , plus some for the surface
1 tsp oil for your hands
7g dry active yeast (2 tsp)
50g sugar or agave syrup (1/4 cup)
2 tbsp apple sauce

for the topping:
75g vg butter
3 tbsp sugar
1-2 EL honey (vg)
150g flaked almonds (1 3/4 cup)
for the filling:
40g vanilla custard powder
3 tbsp water
350ml non dairy milk (1 1/2 cups)

optionally: combined with
250ml vegan whipped cream (1 cup)
→ yields a 26cm (10,2 inch) springform pan

adapted from:

#5 Currywurst 12:33

700g potatoes (1.5 pounds)
500ml - 750ml (2-3 cups) frying oil (this depends on the size of your pot, have the layer of oil be least 2 inches deep)

salt, paprika for seasoning

4 vegan sausages, cooked according to packaging

for the sauce:
1 tsp oil
1 onion
2 tbsp tomato paste
125ml passata, crushed blended tomatoes (½ cup)
80ml ketchup (⅓ cup)
⅓ cup vegetable broth (⅓ cup)
1 ¼ tsp curry powder
½ tsp paprika powder
optional: dash of chili powder/cayenne pepper
salt to taste
extra water, if needed

→ serves 2

MUSIC:

[xkaotiko]

"I don't have one of these specific Spätzle Tools, so we will be improvising"... Proceeds to do it the most original, swabian way every german grandma would be proud of:)

[pinkchampagnepurplerain]

I love when people show off their cuisine. German food isn't very popular outside of Germany so this was cool to watch. I may try out one or two dishes. I'd love to see a continuation of this. Tbh, I'd love more European foods. Maybe based in Central and Eastern Europe. They're not as popular in online spaces, especially not in vegan/plant based ones in my experience.

[nni]

I think it's so cool that after several years you still have the same stove and did not change to some fancy one just because you create content. I think it looks real in a very good way and it's the best for the environment :)

[alley]

AHHHH OMG please do more of these!!! i'm american but have primarily german heritage & my grandparents were immigrants (my dad is first generation in america!) literally nobody makes videos about vegan GERMAN food so this vid made me so happy today 🥹💖 super nostalgic

[KarMa-wsll]

As a fellow former german child i can attest that Kalter Hund is my childhood (=birthday cakes!!!) plus fresh Bienstich is the best!

[aeolia]

3:12 my cousins' aunt was visiting once from Schwarzwald when I was a kid (I grew up in California), and she made spaetzle from scratch while she was there, and she had this thing like looked like a mandolin for cutting but it had holes in and she'd swipe the paste across this tool into the boiling water, it was so cool to look at

[sallycormier]

By bff growing up was from a German family so her Mutti and Vatti were my German parents. We had rolls with spreads, butter, honey(my fav was one with coconut) and juice(lots of vitamins as they were very into health) and coffee on Saturday mornings. Pop Petersen always complained that he hadn’t had a decent cup of coffee since moving to the USA. These were pre Aldi & Lidl days. Mutti taught me to push spaetzle dough through a sieve over boiling salted water. She also taught me a simplified version of beinstich using crescent rolls for the dough for both the top and bottom layer, almond sugar mixture on both! One very hot summer I put the cake in the freezer so the whipped cream froze, very yummy. Also the children in my neighborhood when I lived in Spain made me a “cake” similar to the cold dog version you made! I’m enjoying seeing these dishes as German food is very nostalgic for me(I also visited a number of times when my sister moved there).

[ia_georg]

As an expat in Germany, these recipes is just what I needed! Please do part 2

[bbp]

In Portugal we have something called "Salame de Chocolate" it looks pretty similar to "Kalter Hund".

[biange]

In Hungary, we call Kalter Hund "Zebra süti" or "Zebrakeksz", that means zebra cake or zebra cookies. :D

[fanny.in.french]

This series has so much potential! I'm a french girl and I arrived in upper Bavaria about a year ago and I am still shocked by the amount of meat they eat here ...

[ramona]

This is SO nice! As a german myself, I felt so seen🥹

Whenever I make Spätzle myself i always add some kalanamak, since Spätzle are originally made with a huge bunch of eggs.

My mums Bienenstich is famous amongst all our friends and family, because she makes a more Biskuit kind of dough instead of a yeast based one.

I'd love to see you veganize some more German dishes!

[bianca]

wie toll, Lieblingsessen aus der Kindheit 🤩
beim Bienenstich ist ein Tipp, den Deckel in Kuchenstücke zu schneiden bevor man ihn drauf legt 🙂

[KarolaTea]

Can confirm, German parents get up ridiculously early on weekends. (Having said that, I'm not a parent and woke up at 6am without an alarm today... Getting up at 5am every day is hard to break out of for just a weekend lol)
I think filter coffee is generally a German thing yeah. Whether it's weak or strong will depend, but usually it's filter.
My family knew Kalter Hund as Blutwurst, so we actually poured the chocolate mixture into a large sausage casing, and crumbled the cookies instead of layering. Looks surprisingly like real Blutwurst when cut in slices XD Think we also added some rum flavouring.
Uhhhh, Bienenstich is one I miss a lot. Our local bakery had a really nice one with a really thick stiff cream. No clue what it was made of.
Note to international viewers: "custard powder" is usually just corn starch and flavouring (vanilla in this case). One packet of the biggest brand weighs 37g, most of that will be corn starch, and the instructions say to mix with 500ml of milk.

[Kiwichi_R]

My nan was from the Czech Republic but lived in Germany for a long time so I grew up with lots of German food that I now struggle to remember, love this kind of content because it brings back memories!

[xXMariechen]

Du kannst die Spätzle aus dem Wasser nehmen sobald sie oben schwimmen 😊

[susisauerkraud]

A different way to the käsespätzle i know.
We We alternately layer spätzle, fried onions, grated cheese and butter flakes in the baking dish and it MUST be baked. The onions are fried without cream and parsley. Lots of cheese, lots of onions, lots of butter❤. I definitely have to try your version, sounds delicious

[mollybarr]

This is an absolute LIFESAVER. I'm transitioning to a plant-based diet atm and German foods are one of the things I'm worried about LOL the brot looks good.

[KlaraL-_-]

I really love this German series! It´s interesting to see how similar or different it is to my country´s cuisine (Czechia) - We used to have the same breakfast and also spätzle in school! I screamed at currywurst, because to me it just screams German food! Kalter Hund look absolutely amazing!

[lytab]

Oh, kalter Hund.... ❤ My childhood just flashed before my eyes. I have to make this veganized version now.