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German Rote Grütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants)

January 27, 2022 By: Anita

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German Rote Grütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants) is a German fruit pudding topped with Sweet Vanilla Cream.

Yummy German Rote Grütze Recipe

I lived near Hamburg Germany (Northwest Germany) for almost a year. During this time, I often had the opportunity to eat authentic German food in the homes of German friends and acquaintances.

One of the staple desserts that was served in northern Germany usually after a hearty German meal was Hamburger German Rote Grütze.

The best German Rote Grütze Recipe

It is a light fruit pudding dessert topped with a sweet vanilla cream sauce. It tastes delicious!

The traditional German recipe calls for red currants. Red currants are much easier to find in Germany than they are in the United States.

So, if you want to make this delicious fruit pudding in the United States, you can simply swap out the red currants with one 14.5 oz can of red tart cherries. 

Even with the substitution of the tart cherries for red currants, this Rote Grütze recipe tastes very authentic to the recipe with red currants! It tastes almost exactly like what I had many times while living in northern Germany. German Rote Grütze Dessert Recipe

It was easily one of my top favorite German desserts I tried while living there.

German Rote Grütze Recipe - great dessert for parties

I served it at a German book club evening night.

I portioned the dessert into small serving cups so that the recipe I had would serve all 20 guests. I got many compliments on it. Delicious dessert - German Rote Grütze Recipe

My kids loved it as well. So we will be making it more often.

Ingredients for German Rote Grütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants).

Pudding

  • 1 pound strawberries
  • 9 oz raspberries
  • 14.5 oz can tart cherries or 9 oz red currants
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 Cups apple juice
  • 3.5 oz instant vanilla pudding

Sweet Cream Vanilla Sauce Topping

  • 2/3 Cup sugar
  • 2 Cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla (use clear vanilla if you want the cream to remain very white)

German Rote Grütze Recipe made without red currant

Directions on how to make German Rote GRütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants)

Continue reading/and or watch the video on this page.

  1. Wash fruit, remove the stems, and cut the strawberries into small pieces.
  2. Drain off the tart cherry juice into a 4 C measuring cup then, add apple juice to make a total of 3 Cups of juice.
  3. Add the fruit juice, sugar, cinnamon stick and vanilla to a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
  4. Whisk the instant pudding powder into the saucepan.
  5. Add half of each fruit to the pot. Bring it to a boil and then reduce to a simmer.
  6. Remove the pot from the heat and remove the cinnamon stick.
  7. Stir the remaining fruit into the pudding.
  8. Portion the pudding into individual serving bowls, or one large bowl. Allow to cool completely (2 hours or so in the refrigerator). Keep cold until serving.
  9. For the sweet cream vanilla sauce that is served on top of the pudding mix 2/3 C sugar, 2 C cream and 1/2 Tablespoon vanilla together on high in an electric mixer until it comes soft peaks form.
  10. Keep cream cold until serving. Top the Rote Grütze Pudding with the sweet cream vanilla sauce when you serve it.
German Rote Grütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants)

German Rote Grütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants)

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Additional Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

German Rote Grütze Recipe (Made Without Red Currants) is a light delicious German dessert that can easily be made in the United States (where red currants are often hard to find). Rote Grütze is an easy fruit pudding recipe topped with a sweet cream vanilla sauce. It is often served in Northern Germany.

Ingredients

  • PUDDING
  • 1 pound strawberries
  • 9 oz raspberries
  • 14.5 oz can tart cherries or 9 oz red currants
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 Cups apple juice
  • 3.5 oz instant vanilla pudding
  • SWEET CREAM VANILLA SAUCE TOPPING
  • 2/3 Cup sugar
  • 2 Cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla (use clear vanilla if you want the cream to remain very white)

Instructions

    1. Wash fruit, remove the stems, and cut the strawberries into small pieces.
    2. Drain off the tart cherry juice into a 4 C measuring cup then, add apple juice to make a total of 3 Cups of juice.
    3. Add the fruit juice, sugar, cinnamon stick and vanilla to a saucepan and bring it to a boil.
    4. Whisk the instant pudding powder into the saucepan.
    5. Add half of each fruit to the pot. Bring it to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 10 minutes.
    6. Remove the pot from the heat and remove the cinnamon stick.
    7. Stir the remaining fruit into the pudding.
    8. Portion the pudding into individual serving bowls, or one large bowl. Allow to cool completely (2 hours or so in the refrigerator). Keep cold until serving.
    9. For the sweet cream vanilla sauce that is served on top of the pudding mix 2/3 C sugar, 2 C cream and 1/2 Tablespoon vanilla together on high in an electric mixer until it comes together until soft peaks form.
    10. Keep cream cold until serving. Top the Rote Grütze Pudding with the sweet cream vanilla sauce when you serve it.

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Cuisine: German / Category: Desserts

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