Top 10 Foods You Must Try Of Host Germany UEFA EURO 2024. If you are in Germany for the UEFA EURO 2024 tournament, make sure to try some good, authentic German food. The food here is scrumptious as it has been shaped by the people of Germany over the centuries. German foods are heavy on bread, potatoes, meats, and plenty of vegetables to give it the right balance.
Here’s our selection of top 10 foods in Germany that you must try while you cheer on your team in the UEFA EURO 2024:
- Pfefferpotthast
This is a traditional German stew made from beef, onion and thickened with pumpernickel. Beef dices are sautéed in lard and onions. Spices are added later on to give it that mouth-watering taste.
Its served with cooked potatoes or beetroot and pickles.
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- Konigsberger klopse (German meatballs)
This is a popular dish across Germany. The meatballs are mainly either pork or beef, chicken or turkey. The meatballs are cooked in beef broth till its succulent and made fluffier with stale bun, and finished off with cream, capers, and lemon.
The meatballs are served with boiled salted potatoes, or potato dumplings, noodles or egg pasta. You can even have it with rice.
- Pretzel and Mustard Dumplings
Breznknodel or Pretzel dumplings are among the most-loved Bavarian dumplings. The dumplings are made from stale pretzel, which are bound with egg.
Germans devour dumplings quite a lot, as they use it to soak up gravy, stew, and roasts etc.
- German Sausages with Bacon and Apple Sauerkraut
Germans love their sausages. Bratwurst or fried sausages are among the favorite German street foods.
The sausages are served with bacon and apple sauerkraut, baked sweet potato and homemade bread.
- Labskaus
This is a specialty of Hamburg, a city in Germany. Labskaus was created by sailors in the 16th century. They used readily available ingredients like salted meats, and canned vegetables.
In modern-day Germany, Labskaus is prepared with potatoes and corned beef made into a hash, mixed with beets giving it a red look. Labskaus is served with fried egg and spicy German pickles.
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- German Cheese Spatzle (Pasta)
This is a comfort food in all its right. Similar to mac and cheese, spatzle or pasta are soft egg noodles made from wheat flour and egg, and topped with loads of cheese and roasted onions. The pasta is cooked in butter until golden, then loaded with cheese and cream, chives and crispy fried onions.
The German Cheese Spatzle is usually served with either cucumber or green salad. This is a popular dish in Oktoberfest party.
- Currywurst
Currywurst is a popular sausage-based fast food in Germany. The sausages are boiled, fried and seasoned with curry ketchup. This is usually served with potato fries, Brotchen (bread rolls), and chopped onions.
Hundreds of millions of currywurst are eaten every year in Germany.
- Eierschecke
This is a type of layer cake. It has a base layer of cake, middle layer of quark-based cheesecake, and topped with a layer of vanilla custard.
In other words Eierschecke is made of three layers.
- German Bread (Gluten-free Vollkornbrot)
This German bread is nutritious, chewy and made from whole grain (buckwheat, millet, and sunflower seeds). It has a fabulous texture and goes well with butter or jam, whatever you prefer.
Moreover, the German bread is easier to digest.
- Spargel
Spargel is white asparagus.
During spargel season, restaurants across Germany come up with various types of asparagus-based dishes – boiled, steamed, soups, roasted, cooked in butter or olive oil and served with bacon, pancakes or potatoes.
