Anyone looking for the oldest dishes in Europe that are still eaten today will eventually come across the Ritschert. Archaeological finds in Austria show that people there were already familiar with a dish made from barley grains, pulses and salted…
Krautfleckerl
There’s hardly any other dish that costs so little yet delivers so much as Krautfleckerl. A head of cabbage, onions, pasta, sugar and spices – that’s it. No meat, no expensive ingredients, no special kitchen equipment required. And yet, the…
Wiener Saftgulasch
The Viennese Saftgulasch – what you might call a Viennese beef goulash – is something else entirely. Anyone who savours a Viennese goulash in the exceptionally beautiful city of Vienna, in one of those old pubs where time seems to…
Powidltascherl (plum dumplings)
Bohemia, where Powidltascherl come from, was once a kingdom, then part of the Austrian Empire, and now forms part of the Czech Republic together with Moravia and part of Silesia. Between around 1400 and 1918, this region developed a vibrant…
Kärntner Nudeln
We are visiting Carinthia, a particularly scenic province in southern Austria. Of course, this calls for the most famous Carinthian dish, “Kärntner Nudeln”, or more precisely, “Kasnudeln” (there are variations with other fillings, which we may describe another time). “Kas”…
Beef roulades
Beef roulades have been one of the most popular dishes in German cuisine for decades and are also prepared in Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic. This is a braised dish, which means that meat is cooked for a long…
Potato goulash
We have already explained how to prepare goulash, the Hungarian national dish. Today we are cooking a potato goulash, as it is known in Austria. There it is called “ Erdäpfelgulasch”, as in most of Austria potatoes are literally named…
Roast pork at low temperature
We are in Austria and roast pork is a national dish here. No different than in Bavaria, where we come from. So we prepare one for friends and family using the low-temperature method. It takes more than a day to…
Viennese Apple Strudel
The original Viennese Apple Strudel is deliciously crispy, with wafer-thin pastry and a juicy apple filling. Unlike many bought products, which are often made with puff pastry, the delicious secret of this famous pastry roll lies in the thinly stretched…
