Food & Recipes from the Alps
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Travelling to the Alps, you will enjoy the lovely mountainscape, nice people and of course the lovely food. In this section of our MiaDeRoca-Magazine we will present you typical local recipies. Recipes for things to drink and things to eat, a wide variety of dishes with meat, with vegetabels and the so called "Mehlspeisen". "Mehlspeisen" are dishes with flour, sweet meals like the "Kaiserschmarrn", "Palatschinken" oder "Topfenknödel".
You won't be able to get all the traditional ingredients everywhere, but in cases the products are rare, we will mention some alternatives. And if you still doubt, just drop us a line, we will try to help you to get some Alpine savour to your lunch or dinner.
Hüttenzauber, the magic in a mountain hut in the Alps
Winter time means skiing, glistening snow and bright sunshine on the best slopes of winter sports. But what would be winter holidays without the so called "Einkehren", the visit of one of the numerous lodges? Whether mulled wine, the fresh draught beer, soem Schnaps, or one of the many traditional cottage dishes - skiing holidays has for all the fans something unique to offer.
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Krapfen were already in the Middle Ages a common dish during the carnival time (Fasching in Austria and South-Germany). The rich, fatty foods, should prepare people for the 40 days of Lent. Instead of eating bread people ate doughnuts in the carnival time. Even today for many Faschingskrapfen are a fine meal to the strenuous carnival time, the celebrations and all the dancing. The dough is, in fact, easy to prepare, as it is a yeast dough, it needs rest and time to go. The so-called Berliner is a doughnut similar to Faschingskrapfen.
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Melted cheese in a pot where you dip some white bread in it. A wonderful warming and rich meal for the cold days. It is perfect for a group of friends, to eat, chatter and have fun. As this is a French Swiss dish we recommend you try your best and go for real Swiss cheese as mentioned in the ingredients. If you don't find the mentioned cheeses try to find hard cheese with flavour and savour (not too old and not to young, as the tricky part of this dish is that all the ingredients stick in a nice sauce together).
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For the grown-ups to warm your cold fingers with a cup of Glühwein is part of the christmas mood, be it on a christmas market or a get-togehter with friends and family for example for Nikolaus' Day on December 6th.
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Martin's Goose, feast of St. Martin of Tours.
Due to Byzantine influence in Christianity, the holiday of the saint Martin was at the start of the Lenten season on November 11th. Before Lenten people wanted to feast properly. From the year 354 AD onward, a 40 day fast started, which stopped rigth before the birthday celebration of Christ.
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Alpine cuisine is often so-called poor-people-cooking, which basically means a lot of vegetables and little meat. Many recipes are to be varied, consisting of mixtures, often called a "Restl-Essen" (eating up leftovers). Krautroulade can be found in different combinations with varying fillings or sauces, it is also known as "Krautwickel" oder "Kohlroulade".
Recipe for 3-4 persons.
Continue reading Comments (0) 01.10.2007. 09:58
Apfelradln is german and means Wheels of Apple, you can eat it traditionally as main course or desert. It is a typical so-called "Mehlspeise", a sweet dish (Mehlspeise means translated dish of flour).
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