Today #Sundaysupper has taken the retro food road and I am introducing you to the mysterious Currywurst lands! A dish that found it’s way for Sunday suppers in people’s homes back in the 50 and 60s in Germany was the Spaghetti with Currywurst Sauce. A faux pas of the crazy hippy time? Maybe, but I found a way to bring it back to life by fixing the flavor likings more to our time frame.
First of all what is a Currywurst? Curry is not the Indian Curry gravy (more about that here) and wurst is the German word for sausage. Back in the 50s, the after war time, a lady in the northern parts of Germany apparently discovered accidentally a dish called the Currywurst. Nowadays it is THE German street food and fast food. If you go to Germany, especially the northern parts, you will find a little snack stand where they sell that stuff. A spice blend is mixed into a tomato base sauce, the white or frankfurter style sausages are fried and the sauce is poured over the sausages. As simple as that, but what an addictive dish and anything comparable to the Indian style spice amounts in dishes!
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Meeta from “What’s for lunch Honey” wrote a detailed article about the mighty Currywurst here, explaining it’s origin and even taking the reader on a virtual trip through the Currywurst capital, Berlin. You can find a nice little Currywurst recipe on her page as well.
Petra Foede from “Kulinarische Zeitreise” had listed up a couple of weird dishes from the time. The Spaghetti with Currywurst Sauce is situated over there somewhere between the stuffed Edame and the Florida Potato Salad. The blog is in German but if you see the pictures you will understand why the 50s and 60s were famous for so many insane food creations, I mean some dishes would be anything but a turn on. lol Anyway I believe the Curry sausage pasta is a very interesting Sunday supper idea. Stuffed with mild spicy tangy and sweet flavors, it opens another food fusion window in this world. Of course I have changed the recipe dramatically, simply because I believe it is a dish that needs a worldwide resurrection from the forgotten food trials of the past. My husband loved it, and he is the most difficult person to satisfy with food (I am not joking!). The Spaghetti sauce literally tastes like a hot Currywurst plate made in Berlin, so if you are looking for a new pasta sauce, you have just found it here.
- ~100 grams Spaghetti pasta
- ~ 1 Pair of Sausage - Frankfurter, Vienna Sausage, Strassbourg Sausage, St.Johanner or White Münich Sausage. (I found some sausage resembling Frankfurter here in Goa called Deutsch Frank)
- 1 big Onion
- Olive oil to fry
- 1½ Tablespoon Curry Powder
- 100 milliliter Tomato Paste
- 80 milliliter Tomato Ketchup (best original Heinz or even better homemade Ketchup)
- 200 milliliter Water
- 3 Tablespoon dark Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Teaspoon mild Paprika powder
- pinch Salt
- pinch Pepper
- 1½ Tablespoon Honey
- dash dark liquid Soy Sauce
- chopped chives for garnish
- Boil the pasta first by keeping a pot with Salt Water to boil. Add the pasta only when the water is boiling and do not cover! (I am pointing the finger at my brother here). You can boil the Sausage with the Spaghetti together or you can fry the Sausage separately, that's up to you. Once the sausages are cooked, slice them and at them to the sauce and pasta later on while serving.
- Chop your Onion very fine, add some olive oil to the pot and fry the Onion translucent. Then add the Curry spice mixture and stir fry for a minute.
- Pour in the Tomato paste at this point, together with the Ketchup and stir fry for a minute. Pour 100 milliliter of the water into the pot and stir well. Keep the other 100 milliliter of water at the side for the end.
- Throw in the Balsamic Vinegar, the Paprika powder, salt, pepper, honey and soy sauce. Stir and cook for 3 minutes and pour in the remaining of 100 milliliter.
- Cook for approximately 10 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Garnish the pasta, sauce and sausage pieces with chopped chives.
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My wife lived overseas for a while, and this is one of her favorite meals! I can’t wait to make it for her!
That looks so good and your pictures are fabulous!!
I am so intrigued by this dish…it sounds (and looks) absolutely tasty!
I’ve never heard of currywurst – thanks so much for sharing. With the franks, it definitely brings the ’70’s back for me. And it looks sooo good!
Mmmmm…the idea of adding spicy German sausage to spaghetti sauce is making my mouth water! Great retro dish, Helene!!!
You had me at Curry! And Wurst!
This spaghetti looks so mouthwatering! Yummy!
Thank you for introducing me to this lovely dish! The ingredients sound awesome and you’ve plated it so it looks absolutely irresistable!
We never had anything like this growing up. But it sounds delicious!
I’ve never heard of this dish, but I know I like curry and wurst, so why not put the two together? I’ll add this to my dinner list soon!
You got me a great idea of using sausage for pasta! Sounds awesome. My son really likes sausages and I love the delicious juice coming from the sausages. We’ve been eating pasta lately (due to husband not home), but I can eat another dish like this!
Your photos are oozing deliciousness 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
The sauce looks like it packs some flavor. Yummo!
I have never heard of currywurst before. This sounds delicious! The flavor reminds me of a sauce my mom and grandma would make. I liked the sauce but was never a big fan of the rest of the dish. That said, if this is indeed the sauce they would make…served over spaghetti sounds great to me! I’m going to have to give this a try for sure!
Hearty winter fare is sooo satisfying when it’s cold outside. Great combo of sausage, spaghetti and sauce!
You must have an incredible macro lense on your camera! Lovely shots. Such a cool twist on the recipe too 🙂
Sausage in a sauce over spaghetti, can´t go wrong with that. This is such a flavorful recipe, it´s wonderful!
This is such an intriguing recipe! It looks fabulous, and I love the salty/sweet/spicy taste combo of the sauce.
the sauce has me very intrigued. I have never had that before and I am wanting it now
Currywurst used to be my hub’s favourite snack…now he enjoys chewing carrots ;-))
The pasta looks flavoursome with the curry sauce.
Interesting! I’ve never had a curried pasta dish before. It looks delicious and with your homemade curry powder, I’m sure it is! Thanks for this great recipe!
When I was in Germany in November I saw people eating/ordering Currywurst everywhere. It is so popular. I’m glad you shared the recipe for the sauce. I’ve been wanting to make it for the longest time.
This looks like such a fun dish! Currywurst is one of those things I’ve never had, but have always wanted to try. And combining it with pasta is a brilliant idea! Love this – thanks.
I love currywurst! It is great to finally have a recipe for it!
I love Currywurst, though I have never tried it on spaghetti. My favorite way to eat it is on french fries!
I wish my hubby could eat curry, I would so make this for him. He loves curry, but because it contains turmeric, well we discovered he is allergic to turmeric….BOO! Your spaghetti sounds fabulous, and loved reading about the fun recipe! Hugs, Terra
This sounds really good. We are hoping to have a long weekend in Germany soon, I will have to keep my eyes out for this dish.
This spaghetti looks great with curry flavor! Unique!
Love this recipe! Will be linking back to this in my upcoming post 🙂
This sauce sounds amazing. 🙂