GREEN SAUCE OF FRANKFURT/MAIN RIVER

Submitted by: Else Engelbach/Niddatal-Assenheim, Germany (1998)



PREPARATION TIME:
1 Hour

SERVES:
4

INGREDIENTS:
Not 6, Not 8 but 7 Herbs:
chive (most)
dill
petersilie
pimpinelle
zitronen melisse (if you have this herb)
borretsch (if you have this herb)
saurampfer (if you have this herb)

1/2 liter curdled cream
1/4 liter yogurt
salt
pepper
mustard

And on request (very good): 4 hard cooked eggs

DIRECTIONS:
Cut the herbs with a knife into small (2mm) parts. Do not use a mixer.
Divide the eggs into 4 parts.
Stir together the curdled cream, yogurt, salt, pepper, mustard, eggs, and herbs.
Serve cold with cooked potatos and slices of beef.

MEMORIES/STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RECIPE:
This is a specialty of Klaus Engelbachs wife, Else. The recipe was written by the mother of the great German poet Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe from Frankfurt to her son in Weimar, about 200 years ago.

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