Traditional German Recipes

Dinner Plan 4:  

Gaisburger Marsch (Brisket of Beef Soup/Stew)
Dumplings Made from Cooked Potatoes (Kliase us gekochde Doffeln)

Gaisburger Marsch (Brisket of Beef Soup/Stew)

Ingredients:

1 lb. brisket of beef
1 lb. soup (stewing) bones
5 oz celery
1 small root of parsley
1-2 leeks
1/2 onion
1 bay leaf
3 cloves
Peppercorns
Salt
1/2 lb. potatoes
1-2 oz butter or margarine
3 onions
6-8 oz.cooked egg noodles

Instructions:

Place meat and bones in a saucepan and cover with water.  Bring to a boil.  Remove froth.  Clean vegetables and add to stock.  Stir in herbs and spices.  Cook for 90 minutes.  Peel potatoes, wash and cut into small cubes.  Cook potatoes separately in salted water.  Drain when tender.  Remove meat and bones from stock.  Dice meat.  Strain stock.  Melt butter or margarine in a pan, add sliced onions and braise until golden brown.  Alternately put meat, potatoes, and boiled noodles in a soup tureen layer by layer.  Cover with hot stock.  Sprinkle with braised onions before serving.

Dumplings Made from Cooked Potatoes (Kliase us gekochte Doffeln)

Ingredients:

1 lb. potatoes (cooked the previous day)
1 egg
1 tsp. salt
2-1/2 oz flour
Bread crumbs

Instructions:

Mash potatoes; blend in egg, salt and flour.  Mix in just enough bread crumbs to make a firm dough.  Form dumplings with wet hands.  Simmer dumplings in lightly salted water until they surface.  Do not simmer for too long; dumplings may fall apart.

Shopping Lists:

1 lb. brisket of beef
1 lb. soup (stewing) bones
5 oz celery
1 small root of parsley
1-2 leeks
1/2 onion
1 bay leaf
3 cloves
Peppercorns
Salt
1/2 lb. potatoes
1-2 oz butter or margarine
3 onions
6-8 oz.cooked egg noodles

1 lb. potatoes (cooked the previous day)
1 egg
1 tsp. salt
2-1/2 oz flour
Bread crumbs