diff --git a/bruno/recipe-backend/getAllRecipes.bru b/bruno/recipe-backend/getCompactRecipes.bru
similarity index 81%
rename from bruno/recipe-backend/getAllRecipes.bru
rename to bruno/recipe-backend/getCompactRecipes.bru
index aaeda4c..b96cdfc 100644
--- a/bruno/recipe-backend/getAllRecipes.bru
+++ b/bruno/recipe-backend/getCompactRecipes.bru
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 meta {
-  name: getAllRecipes
+  name: getCompactRecipes
   type: http
   seq: 5
 }
 
 get {
-  url: http://localhost:4000/recipe
+  url: http://localhost:4000/compact-recipe
   body: none
   auth: bearer
 }
diff --git a/src/controllers/CompactRecipeController.ts b/src/controllers/CompactRecipeController.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..395f3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/CompactRecipeController.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { CompactRecipeDto } from "../dtos/CompactRecipeDto.js";
+import { RecipeEntity } from "../entities/RecipeEntity.js";
+import { CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper.js";
+import { RecipeRepository } from "../repositories/RecipeRepository.js";
+
+/**
+ * Responsible for loading recipe header data
+ */
+export class CompactRecipeController {
+    constructor(
+        private repository: RecipeRepository,
+        private mapper: CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper
+    ) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Load list of all recipes
+     * @returns List of all recipes
+     */
+    async getAllCompactRecipes() {
+        const recipeEntities: RecipeEntity[] = await this.repository.findAll();
+        // @todo load instruction steps, ingredient groups and ingredients before mapping!
+        let recipeDtos: CompactRecipeDto[] = [];
+        recipeEntities.forEach(recipeEntity => {
+            recipeDtos.push(this.mapper.toDto(recipeEntity));
+        });
+        return recipeDtos;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts b/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts
index 0c77d67..9735872 100644
--- a/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/RecipeController.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import { RecipeDto } from "../dtos/RecipeDto.js";
 import { RecipeDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/RecipeDtoEntityMapper.js";
 import { RecipeRepository } from "../repositories/RecipeRepository.js";
-import { RecipeEntity } from "../entities/RecipeEntity.js";
 import { ValidationError } from "../errors/httpErrors.js";
 import { RecipeInstructionStepDto } from "../dtos/RecipeInstructionStepDto.js";
 import { RecipeIngredientGroupDto } from "../dtos/RecipeIngredientGroupDto.js";
 import { RecipeIngredientDto } from "../dtos/RecipeIngredientDto.js";
 
 /**
- * Controls all user specific actions
+ * Controls all recipe specific actions
  */
 export class RecipeController {
     constructor(
@@ -16,19 +15,6 @@ export class RecipeController {
         private mapper: RecipeDtoEntityMapper
     ) { }
 
-    /**
-     * Load list of all recipes
-     * @returns List of all recipes
-     */
-    async getAllRecipes() {
-        const recipeEntities : RecipeEntity[] = await this.repository.findAll();
-        let recipeDtos: RecipeDto[] = [];
-        recipeEntities.forEach(recipeEntity => {
-            recipeDtos.push(this.mapper.toDto(recipeEntity));
-        });
-        return recipeDtos;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Create a new recipe
      * @param dto RecipeDto containing the new recipe
@@ -48,7 +34,7 @@ export class RecipeController {
      * @param dto RecipeDTO
      * @returns true if the recipe is valid
      */
-    protected isRecipeDtoValid(dto: RecipeDto): boolean {
+    private isRecipeDtoValid(dto: RecipeDto): boolean {
         
         return dto.title !==  undefined
             && dto.title.length !== 0
@@ -64,7 +50,7 @@ export class RecipeController {
      * @param ingredientGroups Array of ingredient groups
      * @returns true if all ingredient groups are valid
      */
-    protected isIngredientGroupsValid(ingredientGroups: RecipeIngredientGroupDto[] | undefined): boolean {
+    private isIngredientGroupsValid(ingredientGroups: RecipeIngredientGroupDto[] | undefined): boolean {
         return ingredientGroups !== undefined
             && ingredientGroups.length !== 0
             && ingredientGroups.every(group => {
@@ -80,7 +66,7 @@ export class RecipeController {
      * @param ingredients Array if ingredients
      * @returns true if the ingredient list is valid
      */
-    isIngredientsValid(ingredients: RecipeIngredientDto[] | undefined): boolean {
+    private isIngredientsValid(ingredients: RecipeIngredientDto[] | undefined): boolean {
         return ingredients !== undefined
             && ingredients.length !== 0
             && ingredients.every(ingredient => {
@@ -92,7 +78,7 @@ export class RecipeController {
      * @param ingredient RecipeIngredientDto
      * @returns true if the ingredient is valid
      */
-    isIngredientValid(ingredient: RecipeIngredientDto): boolean {
+    private isIngredientValid(ingredient: RecipeIngredientDto): boolean {
         return ingredient !== null 
             && ingredient.sortOrder !== undefined
             && ingredient.name !== undefined
@@ -106,7 +92,7 @@ export class RecipeController {
      * @param instructions Array if instruction step DTOs
      * @returns Boolean indicating whether the instruction steps are valid
      */
-    protected isInstructionsValid(instructions: RecipeInstructionStepDto[] | undefined): boolean {
+    private isInstructionsValid(instructions: RecipeInstructionStepDto[] | undefined): boolean {
         return instructions !== undefined
             && instructions.length !== 0
             && instructions.every(step => {
diff --git a/src/dtos/CompactRecipeDto.ts b/src/dtos/CompactRecipeDto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db9ad38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dtos/CompactRecipeDto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+import { AbstractDto } from "./AbstractDto.js";
+/**
+ * DTO describing the essential header data of a recipe
+ * Used to populate lists
+ */
+
+export class CompactRecipeDto extends AbstractDto {
+    title!: string;
+    // @todo add resource and rating here once implemented!
+}
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diff --git a/src/endpoints/CompactRecipePoint.ts b/src/endpoints/CompactRecipePoint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1db47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/endpoints/CompactRecipePoint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Router } from "express";
+import { asyncHandler } from "../utils/asyncHandler.js";
+import { RecipeRepository } from "../repositories/RecipeRepository.js";
+import { CompactRecipeController } from "../controllers/CompactRecipeController.js";
+import { CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper.js";
+
+/**
+ * Handles all recipe related routes
+ */
+const router = Router();
+
+// Inject repo + mapper here
+const recipeRepository = new RecipeRepository();
+const compactRecipeMapper = new CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper();
+const compactRecipeController = new CompactRecipeController(recipeRepository, compactRecipeMapper);
+/**
+ * Load header data of all recipes
+ */
+router.get(
+  "/",
+  asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {  
+    const response = await compactRecipeController.getAllCompactRecipes();
+    res.status(201).json(response);
+  })
+);
+
+export default router;
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diff --git a/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts b/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts
index 754dc6c..c982851 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts
+++ b/src/endpoints/RecipePoint.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { RecipeIngredientGroupDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/RecipeIngredien
 import { RecipeInstructionStepDtoEntityMapper } from "../mappers/RecipeInstructionStepDtoEntityMapper.js";
 
 /**
- * Handles all user related routes
+ * Handles all recipe related routes
  */
 const router = Router();
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ const recipeInstructionStepMapper = new RecipeInstructionStepDtoEntityMapper();
 const recipeMapper = new RecipeDtoEntityMapper(recipeInstructionStepMapper, recipeIngredientGroupMapper);
 const recipeController = new RecipeController(recipeRepository, recipeMapper);
 
-
 /**
  * Create new recipe
  */
@@ -34,15 +33,4 @@ router.post(
   })
 );
 
-/**
- * Load all recipes
- */
-router.get(
-  "/",
-  asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {  
-    const response = await recipeController.getAllRecipes();
-    res.status(201).json(response);
-  })
-);
-
 export default router;
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diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ee87dd4..73cf6fb 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { AppDataSource } from "./data-source.js";
 import authRoutes, { authBasicRoute } from "./endpoints/AuthPoint.js";
 import userRoutes from "./endpoints/UserPoint.js";
+import compactRecipeRoutes from "./endpoints/CompactRecipePoint.js";
 import recipeRoutes from "./endpoints/RecipePoint.js";
 import { errorHandler } from "./middleware/errorHandler.js";
 import { authentication } from "./middleware/authenticationMiddleware.js";
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ async function startServer() {
     app.use(authBasicRoute, authRoutes);
     app.use("/user", userRoutes);
     app.use("/recipe", recipeRoutes);
+    app.use("/compact-recipe", compactRecipeRoutes);
 
     // Error handling for all rest-calls 
     // must come last!
diff --git a/src/mappers/CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper.ts b/src/mappers/CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77f2268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mappers/CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { CompactRecipeDto } from "../dtos/CompactRecipeDto.js";
+import { RecipeEntity } from "../entities/RecipeEntity.js";
+import { AbstractDtoEntityMapper } from "./AbstractDtoEntityMapper.js";
+
+export class CompactRecipeDtoEntityMapper extends AbstractDtoEntityMapper<RecipeEntity,CompactRecipeDto>{
+
+    toDto(entity: RecipeEntity): CompactRecipeDto {
+        const dto = new CompactRecipeDto();
+        this.mapBaseEntityToDto(entity, dto);
+
+        dto.title = entity.title;
+
+        return dto;
+    }
+
+  toEntity(dto: CompactRecipeDto): RecipeEntity {
+    throw new Error("Mapping CompactRecipeDto to RecipeEntity is not allowed!");
+  }
+
+}
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