Season calendar

What is ripe now costs less and tastes of more. Fresh = from German fields now. Stored = harvested, but still good from storage.

January

Fresh

Vegetables

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From storage

Vegetables

Fruit

Dishes for this season

Soup & stew
Potato soup with sausages
Creamy, filling and made from almost nothing — the soup every grandmother makes differently.
45 min
Soup & stew
Lentil stew
Finished with a splash of vinegar and a spoon of mustard — even better on day two.
1 h
Soup & stew
Split pea stew
The big-pot classic — thick, hearty, with sausages and marjoram.
1 h 30 min
Soup & stew
Goulash soup
Robust, paprika-red and patiently simmered — the party soup par excellence.
2 h
Soup & stew
Pumpkin soup
Hokkaido with the skin on, ginger and a dollop of cream — velvety in half an hour.
35 minvegetarisch
Soup & stew
Chicken soup
A stewing chicken, root vegetables and time — the broth that helps with everything.
2 h