Brandenburg cuisine

The cuisine of Brandenburg, a region of Germany, is considered rather down-to-earth compared to other cuisines. Because many people in Brandenburg have Slavonic roots, the cuisine is very much influenced by their habits and customs, such as is the case in Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

Fish

Due to the numerous greater and smaller inland lakes in Brandenburg its cuisine features much fish. Particularly

eel and carp are very popular and are ingredients in many dishes. A very typical fashion of preparation is the combination with Spreewaldsauce

.

Vegetables

Fläming offers a "culinary potato tour" where the participants are guided to several inns

which have innovative recipes containing potato on their menu.

Very famous and almost internationally known is the asparagus grown in the surroundings of Beelitz. Most of the yieldings are sold in the area and especially to Berlin where during the asparagus season many restaurants offer Beelitzer Spargel mit Kartoffeln und Sauce Hollandaise (asparagus with potatoes and hollandaise sauce).

Game and mushrooms

In the forested areas of Brandenburg such as the

guesthouses and restaurants

.

Regional specialities

A famous speciality food from the

Protected Geographical Indication

(PGI).

A very typical speciality of the region

Niederlausitz are Plinsen which is a kind of pancake. Also in this region the famous linseed oil is extracted and used as an ingredient very frequently. For example one of the most famous dishes is potato with Quark, shallots and linseed oil

.

Another well-known dish which is also considered "national dish" of the region of

collard greens (or leaves of red cabbage), kale and grape leaves and cherry leaves

.