Germany is the Land of soups. No other country has such a variety of recipes. Especially when it’s cold outside, soup on the stove. Here are ten of the most popular.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Pumpkin soup
Although it is not a German Original, but the pumpkin soup is a must on the menu of a German restaurant. It is healthy and filling. And not to forget: your yellow-orange color brings a splash of color in the grey days of autumn.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Pancakes-Soup
The Pancakes-soup is a specialty in southern Germany, especially in Bavaria. They came from Austria over the Alps to Germany. It is quick and easy to cook. Ingredients: broth and sliced pancakes. So leftovers are easy to exploit. To this we can add spices: Bay leaves, chives, parsley, pepper, salt, and what ever you tastes.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Bavarian Semolina Dumplings Soup
A favorite soup of Bavaria: semolina dumplings soup. Who does not like the Pancakes-soup, a vegetarian variant. It is based on semolina dumplings, broth, onions and carrots. Very important for the taste of nutmeg. In some regions, the dumplings can be served with fish or spinach soup. The soup is so healthy, that it is administered in the sick, in order to be fit again.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Beer soup
The beer soup comes from Bavaria. How should it be otherwise? The Bavarians drink beer and eat and eat beer soup. You stew an onion in Butter, add the lightly toasted bread into small pieces, delete the Whole with broth, beer, everything is still a bit of a simmer and serve the soup with chives or Onion slices as a garnish.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Pea soup
It continues with the North German soups. In North Rhine-Westphalia there is a regional classic: the pea soup. Even if some people of the color are maybe a little impressed, is the pea soup is exceptionally beneficial. It warms on cold days. During the carnival season in February/March, they eat a Standard, and is eaten with sausages or bread.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
North German Fish Soup
When it comes to the German soup Institute, Hamburg is such a thing as the soup capital. Since Hamburg has the largest port in Germany, it is not surprising that you get there, fish and soup. Fish only an imprecise umbrella term is actually. The soup can contain all sorts of sea creatures: shrimp, mussels, tilapia or redfish.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Potato soup
In the whole of Germany, but especially in the East, eating German potato soup. Berlin boasts, potato soup in many variations to offer. Only here it is more than a stew. In addition, the Berlin and the Brandenburg barley soup, smoked meat soup with syrup and plums and crayfish soup with Asparagus have to offer.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Goulash soup
She has come a long way: The goulash soup is migrated from Hungary. There it is eaten, however, noodles as beef goulash, or dumplings. In Germany, the goulash as the soup has a permanent place in the menus of the Restaurants.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Garlic soup
Some of it is shaking at the idea of eating a garlic soup. But it tastes delicious and fresh. The fragrant leaves and flowers for the special taste – not the cloves of garlic. This soup is a real energy bomb. Studies show that garlic strengthens the immune system and even fight cancer helps.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Asparagus soup
In the spring the Germans lie in wait. You are eagerly waiting for the first asparagus. That’s why he has the nickname of “the pole gold”. The asparagus soup is a special delicacy that is served only for a short time. In June, the last of the asparagus will be crisp. At best, a bit of Baguette.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Pumpkin soup
Although it is not a German Original, but the pumpkin soup is a must on the menu of a German restaurant. It is healthy and filling. And not to forget: your yellow-orange color brings a splash of color in the grey days of autumn.
-
Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Pancakes-Soup
The Pancakes-soup is a specialty in southern Germany, especially in Bavaria. They came from Austria over the Alps to Germany. It is quick and easy to cook. Ingredients: broth and sliced pancakes. So leftovers are easy to exploit. To this we can add spices: Bay leaves, chives, parsley, pepper, salt, and what ever you tastes.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Bavarian Semolina Dumplings Soup
A favorite soup of Bavaria: semolina dumplings soup. Who does not like the Pancakes-soup, a vegetarian variant. It is based on semolina dumplings, broth, onions and carrots. Very important for the taste of nutmeg. In some regions, the dumplings can be served with fish or spinach soup. The soup is so healthy, that it is administered in the sick, in order to be fit again.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Beer soup
The beer soup comes from Bavaria. How should it be otherwise? The Bavarians drink beer and eat and eat beer soup. You stew an onion in Butter, add the lightly toasted bread into small pieces, delete the Whole with broth, beer, everything is still a bit of a simmer and serve the soup with chives or Onion slices as a garnish.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Pea soup
It continues with the North German soups. In North Rhine-Westphalia there is a regional classic: the pea soup. Even if some people of the color are maybe a little impressed, is the pea soup is exceptionally beneficial. It warms on cold days. During the carnival season in February/March, they eat a Standard, and is eaten with sausages or bread.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
North German Fish Soup
When it comes to the German soup Institute, Hamburg is such a thing as the soup capital. Since Hamburg has the largest port in Germany, it is not surprising that you get there, fish and soup. Fish only an imprecise umbrella term is actually. The soup can contain all sorts of sea creatures: shrimp, mussels, tilapia or redfish.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Potato soup
In the whole of Germany, but especially in the East, eating German potato soup. Berlin boasts, potato soup in many variations to offer. Only here it is more than a stew. In addition, the Berlin and the Brandenburg barley soup, smoked meat soup with syrup and plums and crayfish soup with Asparagus have to offer.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Goulash soup
She has come a long way: The goulash soup is migrated from Hungary. There it is eaten, however, noodles as beef goulash, or dumplings. In Germany, the goulash as the soup has a permanent place in the menus of the Restaurants.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Garlic soup
Some of it is shaking at the idea of eating a garlic soup. But it tastes delicious and fresh. The fragrant leaves and flowers for the special taste – not the cloves of garlic. This soup is a real energy bomb. Studies show that garlic strengthens the immune system and even fight cancer helps.
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Ten soups to warm up in the cold Season
Asparagus soup
In the spring the Germans lie in wait. You are eagerly waiting for the first asparagus. That’s why he has the nickname of “the pole gold”. The asparagus soup is a special delicacy that is served only for a short time. In June, the last of the asparagus will be crisp. At best, a bit of Baguette.
The soup is more than a food. It warms the body, heals the soul and it tastes delicious. According to a study by the Rheingold Institute for market research the German to connect with soup of childhood memories and the good feeling that the mother takes care of the personal well-being. Even Doctors recommend chicken soup for the common cold, or after severe diseases.
In the meantime, there is such a range of recipes, that almost every Region cooks their own soup. The ten most popular there are here in our photo gallery.
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