Food & Recipes from the Alps

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". "Mehlspweisen" are dishes with flour, seet 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.

 

Roast Chanterelles

Chanterelles, chantarelles roast, potatoes and bacon

Summer time is mushroom time in the Alps. Now begins again the mushroom season - whether chanterelle, morel or porcini mushrooms, boletus - for all mushroom lovers, there are now many culinary delights on offer!

Here's a recipe from the Pinzgau, an all mountains region in the province of Salzburg, Austria, a recipe so ingenious and simple that it could be as well from the rest of Europe:

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Elderflower Cordial

Elder Cordial - a delicious delicacy of the flowers of early summer
Elder, or Elderberry (Sambucus), is ashurb-like plants from the family of Adoxaceae. Best known is the black elderberry, which we will refer to in a later article.

The white flowers are ideal to make a cordial or syrup which is diluted with alpine mineral water (or other sparkling water) a summer drinking speciality which is typical for the central and northern European areas.

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Grenadiermarsch

Hüttenzauber 2: Grenadiermarsch - potatoes, pasta and meat, fried

The Grenadiermarsch was a classic meal for the staff, who worked in the upper-class houses, during the K & K time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Because of its origin and the ability to making use of leftovers, the Grenadiermarsch was soon to be introduced in all sectors of the population and is now also common in ski huts and restaurants - wih the mere exceptions that fresh ingredients are used for prepartions.

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Kasnockn

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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Faschingskrapfen

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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Käsefondue

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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Glühwein

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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