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06 July 2026 Last updated: 11 September 2026

A specialty of northern Germany, Rote Grütze is made by briefly cooking red fruit and thickening it to a smooth consistency with cornstarch. Adding the starch without lumps and cooking the fruit without crushing it takes practice. Served chilled, it is also a light summer dessert.

Step by Step

How to make it?

1

Cook the fruit

8 min

Boil the strawberries, cornelian cherries and blackberries with the water and granulated sugar in a saucepan over medium heat for 8 minutes, stirring gently without crushing the fruit too much.

2

Thicken

2 min

Pour in the cornstarch mixed with water in a thin stream, stirring continuously. Boil for a further 2 minutes, then remove from the heat once thickened.

3

Balance with lemon juice

2 min

Stir in the lemon juice and divide the dessert between bowls.

4

Chill and serve

120 min

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, then serve.

Reminder

Add the starch in a thin stream just before taking the pan off the heat, stirring constantly. Otherwise, it will form lumps and the smooth texture cannot be recovered.

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Aylin Kurt Aide de Cuisine 2 months ago

Editör notundaki gibi birkaç damla limon suyu ekledim, renk gerçekten daha canlı kaldı ve tatlılığı da güzelce dengeledi.

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Mehmet Karakaya Marmiton 2 months ago

Nişastayı bir anda döktüm ve karıştırmayı yaklaşık 1 dakika kadar geciktirdim, tatlının içinde küçük ve oldukça sinir bozucu topaklar kaldı, ikinci denemede yavaşça ekleyince sorun tamamen çözüldü.

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Seda Aslan Marmiton 2 months ago

Nişastayı tarifte anlatıldığı gibi ince bir akışla ekleyip sürekli karıştırınca hiç topaklanmadı, kıvam gerçekten pürüzsüz çıktı.

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