This is how fish tastes especially good.

 

When you visit the Black Forest, you will notice that hospitality is very important here. This is especially evident in the many great restaurants that can be found in all towns in the region. The Black Forest cuisine is known for its many trout recipes. There are said to be a total of 29 different ones, all prepared with this type of fish. This is no wonder, since trout is quite common in the narrow rivers and streams of the Black Forest, so it is primarily fished.

 

It is not uncommon for trout to be the subject of elaborate breeding. In this process, the young fish created by artificial insemination are first kept and fed in ponds and finally released into flowing waters. The ponds must have fresh, oxygen-rich water and are usually specially constructed for this purpose.

 

Trout are often boiled blue. This involves boiling the gutted fish whole in salt water, with vinegar added. During the process, the fish skin takes on a bluish color. In blue boiling, the trout is not scaled. It is different with the preparation according to "Müllerinart" ("the miller's way"). Here the fish is first soaked in salted milk, then in flour, and then fried. It is served with lemon juice and parsley. The name "Müllerinart" has probably spread because of the use of flour. Anyway, you don't have to be a miller to prepare such a dish.

 

But not only fish dishes are typically Black Forest. Other recipes also come from here, although they originally came from the farmers, who had to be thrifty with the food they earned. This is how the "Bibeleskäs", a curd cheese, "Schäufele", "Leberle" and "Nierle" were created.

 

Nowadays, the Black Forest is characterized by outstanding gastronomy, especially in Baiersbronn. This is due to the fact that it is home to two three-star restaurants. In fact, there are only ten of these in the whole of Germany. Enjoy your meal.

 

But what are these stars and what do they mean? Basically, you can think of them as school grades, ranging from one to three stars, with "three stars" being the highest award. The stars are awarded in what is known as the "Guide Michelin", a guide published annually by the tire manufacturer of the same name. The Guide has been published since 1900, initially only for France, and since 1910 also for Germany and Switzerland. Finally, from 1926 onwards, stars were awarded to restaurants, which brought the Guide to high fame.

 

However, it does not always have to be a star restaurant if you want to eat well. It also tastes delicious in a Versperbeiz, a kind of pub, and there are many of them in the Black Forest.