German
Gewuerzgurken (Sweet-Sour Pickled Gherkins)
Gewuerzgurken (Sweet-Sour Pickled Gherkins) is German home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz jar jarred sweet-sour gherkins (Gewuerzgurken), drained
- 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- 2 tbsp red onion, thinly sliced
How to cook it
- Drain the jarred gherkins, reserving a few tablespoons of the brine.
- Slice the gherkins on the diagonal, or leave them whole if you prefer to eat them by hand.
- Arrange them in a small serving dish and spoon a little of the reserved brine over the top to keep them glossy.
- Scatter the fresh dill and red onion over the gherkins.
- Serve chilled alongside the main plate; this jarred condiment is genuinely everyday food in Germany, not a homemade project.
Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Gewuerzgurken (Sweet-Sour Pickled Gherkins), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Gewuerzgurken (Sweet-Sour Pickled Gherkins) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Gewuerzgurken (Sweet-Sour Pickled Gherkins) takes about 5 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on pickle.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from Germany.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.