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Dishes from Bavaria
7 total
Schweinshaxe
Roast pork knuckle with shatteringly crisp crackling.
Apfelstrudel
Paper-thin pastry wrapped around spiced apple.
Brezel (Pretzel)
Glossy, salt-flecked lye bread twisted into a knot.
Knödel
Round bread or potato dumplings to soak up gravy.
Leberkäse
Smooth baked meatloaf sliced into a crusty roll.
Rauchkäse
German semi-soft cheese cold-smoked over birch or spruce, best known through Bavarian Bruder Basil and the base of Munich-style Obatzda beer-cheese spread.
Schwäbische Spätzle
Soft Swabian egg-dough noodles — the everyday pasta of southwestern Germany, layered with butter or folded with Emmentaler for Käsespätzle.