Himmel und Erde

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Traditional Himmel und Erde mashed potato and apples, served with blood sausage (Blutwurst) and fried onions
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Himmel und Erde with sausage and onions in bacon as served in Westphalia

Himmel und Erde ('Heaven and earth') is a traditional German dish of mashed potato with stewed apples. It is frequently served with sliced blood sausage.

The dish is popular in the Rhineland, Westphalia, Lower Saxony and, historically, in Silesia. It has been known since the 18th century. In the Rhineland the dish is frequently written Himmel un Ääd, to reflect local dialect pronunciation.

Name

The name of the dish alludes to "earth apples" (Script error: No such module "Lang"., a Southern German name for potatoes) and "sky apples", meaning apples from trees. The German Script error: No such module "Lang". means both 'sky' and 'heaven'.[1]

Dutch variant

Mashed potato with apples is also popular in the Gelderland and North Brabant regions of the Netherlands, where it is known as hete bliksem ('hot lightning'). The Dutch variant usually mixes the potatoes and apples together as a stamppot and may add stewed pears.

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