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.

 

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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Martinigansl, Goose

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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Krautroulade, Cabbage Roll

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.

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Apple desert: Apfelradln

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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