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What to Eat with Weisswurst

Sweet mustard and a soft pretzel first, then radish, cheese spread, potato salad and a soup.

What to Eat with Weisswurst

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  1. White radish spirals with saltSalt the spiral, wait until it glistens, then pull it apart.
  2. Bavarian potato saladServe it lukewarm, dressed with broth, vinegar and oil.
  3. Sweet Bavarian mustardPut a spoonful on the plate and dip each piece of sausage.
  4. Soft pretzelTear off a piece to eat between bites of sausage.
  5. Obatzda (Bavarian cheese spread)Spread it on a piece of pretzel and top it with onion rings.

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The white sausage breakfast 5

  • Grated horseradish A small heap on the rim of the plate, next to the mustard.
  • Medium-hot mustard Set out a second pot for anyone who finds the sweet one too mild.
  • Pretzel roll Split it and butter it when the pretzels have run out.
  • Soft pretzel Tear off a piece to eat between bites of sausage.
  • Sweet Bavarian mustard Put a spoonful on the plate and dip each piece of sausage.

The snack board 11

  • Chives on buttered bread Butter the slice thickly and press it into chopped chives.
  • Dried sausage sticks (Landjäger) Snap a pair apart and eat them cold with bread.
  • Gherkins Put the jar on the board and let everyone fish for their own.
  • Head cheese with vinegar and onions Slice it thin and dress it just before it goes to the table.
  • Lard spread with cracklings on rye bread Spread it thin and salt it.
  • Leberkäse Serve a warm, thick slice with the same sweet mustard.
  • Mountain cheese Cut it in sticks so it can be eaten by hand.
  • Obatzda (Bavarian cheese spread) Spread it on a piece of pretzel and top it with onion rings.
  • Potato cheese spread (Kartoffelkäse) Spread it thickly on dark bread and scatter chives over it.
  • Sausage salad A sharp, vinegary bowl of it beside the mild sausage.
  • White radish spirals with salt Salt the spiral, wait until it glistens, then pull it apart.

Potato salad and cabbage 3

  • Bavarian potato salad Serve it lukewarm, dressed with broth, vinegar and oil.
  • Braised white cabbage with bacon and caraway Cook it soft and a little sweet and sour, and serve it hot.
  • Sauerkraut Warm it through when the sausages are lunch and not a snack.

A soup first 4

  • Liver dumpling soup Put a dumpling in each bowl and scatter chives on top.
  • Pancake soup Ladle the clear broth over the pancake ribbons at the table.
  • Semolina dumpling soup Keep it at a bare simmer so the dumplings hold together.
  • Sour rye soup Slice the white sausage straight into the bowl.

Something sweet after 5

  • Bavarian cream Turn it out cold and add a spoonful of berries.
  • Fried dough pastry (Auszogne) Eat it the day it is fried, dusted with sugar.
  • Layered chocolate cake (Prinzregententorte) Cut thin slices with a hot knife.
  • Shredded pancake with plum compote (Kaiserschmarrn) Tear it in the pan, dust it with sugar and bring the compote in a bowl.
  • Steamed dumpling with vanilla sauce (Dampfnudel) Pour the warm sauce round it, not over it.

Drinks 3

  • Alpine herb soda Serve it well chilled, straight from the bottle.
  • Apple spritzer Mix apple juice with sparkling water and serve it cold.
  • Cola mixed with orange soda Pour the two together over ice.

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What to eat with weisswurst is settled in Bavaria: sweet mustard and a soft pretzel. These 31 ideas start there and add a snack board, potato salad and cabbage, soups, sweets and drinks.

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What do you eat with weisswurst?

Weisswurst, the white veal and pork sausage of Bavaria, is commonly served with sweet Bavarian mustard and a pretzel. The sausages come to the table in a bowl of the hot water they were heated in and are eaten without their skins. By tradition they are a snack for the hours after breakfast and before lunch.

From snack to lunch

For the morning snack, mustard and a pretzel are enough. To make it lunch, add a board of cold things or one salad. Poland has a white sausage of its own, made of pork and most often served at Easter, with horseradish or sour rye soup.

  • Dip, do not spread. The skin comes off first, so the mustard goes on each bite.
  • Bring the sausages in their pot and lift out one at a time, so the rest stay hot.

Questions and answers

What mustard goes with weisswurst?

Sweet Bavarian mustard, the usual partner of the sausage. A medium-hot mustard is the fallback when there is none.

What sides go with weisswurst?

Beyond the pretzel: Bavarian potato salad, warm sauerkraut or braised white cabbage with bacon and caraway for a fuller plate, or a snack board of radish, obatzda and gherkins.

What soup goes with weisswurst?

Three Bavarian soups suit a first course: pancake soup, liver dumpling soup and semolina dumpling soup.

What do you drink with weisswurst?

Without alcohol: an apple spritzer, which is apple juice mixed with sparkling mineral water, an Alpine herb soda, or cola mixed with orange soda.

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