The one favourite childhood soul food - recipe

[ooch]

This is tricky, but all the dishes that come into my mind are nothing compared to ...

[ooch]

If you want to put a smile on my face, this will work 100% for sure.

Königsberger Klopse

OK this is how Oma made them.
Maybe - to avoid arguing (no yolk in the sauce, wrong meat, no anchovies, no capers ....) -
I should baptize them Schippenbeiler Klopse to stay with city names.

Measurements? Out of Lamäng (berlin dialect - pidgin French - the hand)
One egg per 250/500 gr meat should be ok.
Breadcrumbs according.

For the Klopse

Minced meat, half pork and half beef (Hackfleisch halb und halb)
Breadcrumbs (Paniermehl, Semmelbrösel)
egg
onion
pepper salt

Cut the onion into small pieces and mix well with the rest.
Form the meatballs (tennis ball size is too big, table tennis ball size too small)
OFF TOPIC: If you want to - flatten some of the balls and fry them (Boulette, Frikadelle, Fleischpflanzerl ) I'm lazy, this way I know what to eat the next day.

For the sauce
(we want a lot)
vegetable brew - bouillon cubes are ok (I asked Oma, she admitted ashamed)
one whole nice onion
bay leaf(s)
white pepper
whipped cream (you can only buy 200 ml use all) *
lemon

Simmer the meatballs for 20 minutes together with the onion and bay leaf in the brew
Remove the onion and bay leaf - their job is done.
Thicken the not so veggie brew with starch or floor.
Add the cream - do not simmer/boil any more
Add lemon juice (be careful, we don't want to have a sour lemon soup)
White pepper/salt

For the Salad
pickled beetroot
Onion
oil
pepper/salt/caraway

Side dish
Salt potatoes

i love to take a soup plate, drown the potatoes and Klopse in lots of sauce.
Childish happy

* Hint: if you want to freeze some of it. Do it before you add the cream.
Freeze some of the cream as cream cubes

[Emkay]

You've just reminded me of my favourite dinner my Oma used to make. Homemade warm horseradish sauce. Large amounts, not like a condiment…..with boiled potatoes and roast beef. Oma used to grate several horseradish stems. I’m sure she added flour and cream. I’ll look up a recipe. My mum cheated with jar horseradish though it wasn’t as good as fresh.

[Franklan]

Homemade warm horseradish sauce... with boiled potatoes and roast beef.

Are you sure it was roast beef? A very typical German recipe is Tafelspitz mit Meerrettichsoße (English wikipedia is here, also explaining the type of meat used).

I’m sure she added flour and cream

Sure she did. Just like the posted recipe does.

[Emkay]

Homemade warm horseradish sauce... with boiled potatoes and roast beef.

Are you sure it was roast beef? A very typical German recipe is Tafelspitz mit Meerrettichsoße (English wikipedia is here, also explaining the type of meat used).

I’m sure she added flour and cream

Sure she did. Just like the posted recipe does.

Ah, you’re right, just had a flashback….indeed, it was boiled beef. I bought a big piece years ago wanting to make roast beef and Yorkshire puddings. Ended up making a Hairy Bikers pot roast casserole recipe instead…..with Yorkshire puddings

[Franklan]

Ah, you’re right, just had a flashback….indeed, it was boiled beef. I bought a big piece years ago wanting to make roast beef and Yorkshire puddings. Ended up making a Hairy Bikers pot roast casserole recipe instead…..with Yorkshire puddings

If you actually plan to grate the horse radish on your own (just like your grandmother did), I feel the urge to recommend this product on Amazon.

Otherwise, you might find out why your mother preferred the horse radish from the jar.

On the other hand, this product called "Schamel Rachenputzer" ("Throat purger") is the spiciest Horse radish (in the jar) known to me, so if you go for the jar, try it out...

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[Sannerl]

On the other hand, this product called "Schamel Rachenputzer" ("Throat purger") is the spiciest Horse radish known to me, so if you go for the jar, try it out...

Edeka has it - at least here in Munich.
We have always several jars in our pantry.
Goes well with graved lax and boiled beef tongue, too.