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Everyone makes it slightly different, so here's two:

ZWEIBELKUCHEN (German Onion Pie)
4 thick slices of bacon, diced
2 cups peeled and chopped yellow onion
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 tblsp flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Saute bacon.
Drain most of the fat from the pan. Add the onions and saute until clear.
Do not brown.
Set aside to cool.
Beat the eggs and sour cream together in a medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle the flour over the top and beat it in.
Stir in the salt and pepper.
Prick the bottom of the pie shell several times with a fork.
Spread the onions and bacon over the bottom of the pie shell.
Pour the sour cream mixture over the top.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 15 minutes or until pie is nicely browned.

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ZWEIBELKUCHEN (German Onion Pie)
2 cups coarsely chopped onions (3 large.)
2 tbsp. butter (1/4 stick)
1/4 tsp. dried marjoram
1/4 tsp. black pepper
2 cupsall purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
4 tsp. baking powder
5 tbsp. vegetable shortening
3/4 to 1 cup milk
1 well beaten egg
3/4 cup sour cream
2 tsp. poppy seed
1/4 tsp. paprika

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

In a medium skillet, sauté the onions in butter over low heat until they JUST BEGIN to brown, 15 minutes .Season with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, the marjoram and the pepper. Set aside to cool.
In a food processor bowl or mixing bowl, place flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and remaining salt and mix.

Add the shortening and process or mix until texture of soft crumbs.
Add milk; mix quickly to form soft dough.
Oil a 10 inch round cake pan (springform is good); lightly using fingers spread dough out evenly.

Spread cooked onion over top.
Beat egg and sour cream together. Spoon mixture over onion, spread to edge of pan.
Sprinkle paprika and poppy seeds lightly.
Bake 20 minutes. Let cool slightly. Serve warm or room temp.

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As you can see, you can vary the ingredients to suit your tastes. Try a little caraway in it sometime for a nice flavor twist.

steamed or grilled asparagus wrapped with very thin slices of ham

German onion-bacon pie (Zweibelkuchen) (super delicious)

ham-pickle rolls (spread ham slices with cream cheese with a dab or horerash in it, roll and cut into bite sized pieces)

little bierocks

tiny franks with curry ketchup

I agree with those who mentioned it above- It was my first thought too.

Make a platter of German meats (wursts and sausages) and german cheeses. Add a couple of hearty german mustards, pickles and breads to serve with.

Pickled eggs.

Liver, braunschwieger or cheese spreads

Little meat and kraut strudels.

Bite sized meatballs with mustard or sweet-sour dipping sauce.

Sauerkraut meatballs.

Bite sized sandwiches with tyrolean ham, caraway cheddar or swiss and mustard.

Caraway and sausage bites with honey mustard.

Hot pretzels.

Browned bratwurst chunks with mustard/mayo or horseradish dipping sauce.

Potato salad in endives

Herring

I second the charcuterie, including german prosciutto cured with juniper berries and lightly smoked and loads of cured sausages.

@sarajane you mentioned my favorite appetizer. That deutsches steak tartare is called "met", which someone told me just means "meat" (the germans don't mince words...lol). It is a very popular addition to German cocktails parties. Sadly I've never seen it anywhere except in Germany....