Die Rezepte
01Schweinshaxe vom Schweinenacken
Schweinshaxe-Style Pork Shoulder
Simmered in a juniper-and-root-vegetable broth, then roasted in two stages until the skin crackles. A German classic adapted from hock to shoulder for more meat per person.
Serves 4 · Active 25 min · Total 2 hr 15 min
02Schweinegulasch
Pork Goulash
Browned hard, then carried through tomato paste, red wine and Braten Fond until the sauce turns dark.
Serves 4–6 · Active 45 min · Total 2 hr +
03Rahmsoße aus der Gulaschsoße
Cream Sauce for Schnitzel
Not a sauce from scratch. Once the goulash is finished, its sauce is strained clean and taken in a different direction: dark with butter, or pale with cream.
Base Goulash sauce · Active 30 min · Total 30 min +
04Gurkensalat
Cucumber Salad
One large cucumber, sliced as thin as it will go, in a cream dressing sharpened with vinegar, mustard and horseradish. Served cold.
Serves 4 as a side · Active 15 min · Total 45 min with chilling
05Deutsches Frühstück
German Breakfast
Bacon, then eggs in the bacon fat, and Wiener Würstchen warmed in water with the heat already off. Everything else comes out of packets and onto the table at once.
Serves 4 · Active 20 min · Total 20 min
06Flammkuchen · Alsatian tarte flambée
Nele's Traditional Flämmkuche
Not one of Heiner's, but a staple of this corner of Germany. A yeast-free dough rolled paper-thin, spread with soured cream, scattered with onion and bacon, and baked as hot as the oven will go.
Makes 1 large · Active 15 min · Bake 2–3 min
07Bratkartoffeln
Fried Potatoes
Boiled in the same vegetable stock as the Schweinshaxe, minus the pork, then cooled right down and fried.
Serves 4 · Active 20 min · Total Boil, then cool fully
08Blattsalat mit Kräuterdressing
Green Salad
Leaf lettuce, red onion and spring onions, under the same cream dressing as the Gurkensalat, carrying half a packet of herbs and a hint of dill. Dressed at the last moment.
Serves 4 as a side · Active 15 min · Total 15 min
09Paniertes Schnitzel
Schnitzel
Pork steaks beaten thin, breaded in three bowls without hurrying, and fried in clarified butter with more hot butter spooned over at the end. The goulash sauce, enhanced with peppers and mushrooms, goes alongside.
Serves 3–4 · Active 30 min · Fry About 5½ min each
10Tomaten-Mozzarella-Salat
Tomato & Mozzarella Salad
Cherry tomatoes halved and mozzarella torn into chunks, with basil, green onions and a dill pinch under a balsamic-honey dressing brightened with lemon. A quick salad assembled at the table.
Serves 4 as a side · Active 15 min · Total 15 min
11Frühstücks-Hähnchenschnitzel
Breakfast Chicken Schnitzel
Heiner's breakfast plate — a pounded chicken cutlet fried plain, no breading, buried under sweet fried onions.
Serves 2 · Active 20 min · Total 25 min
12Lachs-Flammkuchen · salmon tarte flambée
Salmon Flämmkuche
The lighter one off the same base — crème fraîche, salmon and green onion instead of pork cheek and mozzarella.
Makes 1 · Active 10 min · Bake 2–3 min
13Prosciutto-Flammkuchen · prosciutto tarte flambée
Prosciutto Flämmkuche
Crème fraîche and feta baked hot, then prosciutto and arugula thrown over the top while it's still steaming.
Makes 1 · Active 10 min · Bake 2–3 min
14Nachtisch-Flammkuchen · dessert tarte flambée
Dessert Flämmkuche
The one that comes out last — Nutella on the same base, fruit if you want it.
Makes 1 · Active 5 min · Bake 2–3 min