Austrian Recipes

• Wiener schnitzel - A thin slice of tenderized meat, dipped in wheat flour, eggs and breadcrumbs and then fried in butter or lard. Traditional Wiener schnitzel is made with veal, but pork is often used now a days, and there are even variants made using turkey. Wiener schnitzel is traditionally served with potato salad and a slice of lemon as accompaniments.
  
  
• Tafelspitz - Beef boiled with root vegetables - the rump of a young ox is typically used. Tafelspitz is the name of both the dish, and the particular meat cut.
  
  
• Knödel - Dumplings made from potatoes (Kartoffelknödel) or dried/stale bread with milk and egg (Semmelknödel). A variation made with chopped bacon as well (Speckknödel) is sometimes used as an ingredient in soups.
  
  
• Goulash - The Austrian version of the traditional Hungarian meat stew. Made from beef, onions, and red peppers, and flavored with paprika.
  
  
• Vanillekipferl - A traditional Viennese biscuit, vanilla-flavored, and made from ground almonds or hazelnuts. The biscuits are crescent-shaped, and are supposed to have been originally created to celebrate a victory of the Austrian army over the Ottoman Turks in one of the many wars between the countries.
  
  
• Palatschinken - A traditional Austrian thin pancake. Palatschinken are traditionally filled with apricot jam and sprinkled with sugar, but other fillings, sometimes even savoury fillings, may also be used.
  
  
  
• Kaiserschmarrn - A dessert made from shredded pancakes with raisins, served with fruit compotes and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  
  
  
• Apple strudel (German: Apfelstrudel) - A pastry-based dessert. A pastry jacket is filled with apples, sugar and raisins. Cinnamon and/or rum may also be added for flavor.
  
  
• Sachertorte - A chocolate cake with a layer of apricot jam in the middle and dark chocolate icing. The cake was originally invented in 1832 by Franz Sacher, a Jewish baker, who was in the employee of the famous statesman, Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich.

• Austrian Recipes & Cookbooks
  
  
• Recipes and Cookbooks

Austrian Desserts and Pastries: 108 Classic Recipes By Dietmar Fercher Skyhorse Publishing Hardcover (272 pages) List Price: $24.95* Lowest New Price: $14.15* Lowest Used Price: $12.47* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Whether it’s delicious Esterhazyschnitten (meringue slices with buttercream filling), fluffy Schaumrollen (puff pastry rolls filled with soft vanilla meringue), or classic Bundt cake, these desserts represent the finest of Austrian cuisine. Viennese pastry chef Dietmar Fercher offers 180 of his irresistible recipes, photographed by Konrad Limbeck with mouth-watering results. Sophisticated and diverse, these desserts will satisfy any palate. Enjoy personal anecdotes on the scrumptious traditional pastries while also learning the basics of sweet baking.

Austrian Cooking and Baking By Gretel Beer Dover Publications Paperback (224 pages) List Price: $8.95* Lowest New Price: $5.05* Lowest Used Price: $4.00* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: 302 authentic recipes offer the best in Austrian home cooking: beef broth with dumplings, potato soup, kalbsgulash, four kinds of schnitzel, and more, including 171 dessert recipes — apricot dumplings, Linzertorte, Sachertorte, apple strudel, and much more.

Neue Cuisine: The Elegant Tastes of Vienna: Recipes from Cafe Sabarsky, Wallse, and Blaue Gans By Kurt Gutenbrunner Rizzoli Released: 2011-10-11 Hardcover (224 pages) List Price: $45.00* Lowest New Price: $23.80* Lowest Used Price: $23.50* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Known for his modern take on classic Austrian cuisine, Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner shares his favorite contemporary and traditional recipes, and the cultural heritage that has inspired him. Internationally acclaimed Austrian chef Kurt Gutenbrunner, whose New York City restaurants include Cafe Sabarsky, Wallse, and Blaue Gans, brings to the home kitchen the fascinating Viennese cafe and restaurant traditions from the fin de siecle to today. Neue Cuisine is one of the first publications to feature not only Austrian cooking but also art and design. More than 100 recipes cover Viennese specialties, such as apple strudel and Wiener Schnitzel, as well as modern dishes using fresh-from-the-market ingredients, such as pea soup with pineapple mint; spatzle with white corn, Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, and tarragon; and lobster with cherries, fava beans, and Bearnaise sauce. Photographed with period tabletop accessories and art from the Neue Galerie to capture the elegance of Vienna in 1900, these easy-to-prepare dishes are perfect for a variety of occasions.

Cuisines of the Alps: Recipes, Drinks, and Lore from France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) By Kay Shaw Nelson Hippocrene Books Hardcover (197 pages) List Price: $24.95* Lowest New Price: $12.98* Lowest Used Price: $17.91* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: A majestic mountain system in south-central Europe, the Alps form an arc spanning almost 750 miles from the Mediterranean Sea through northern Italy and southeast France, Switzerland, southern Germany, and Austria and into the northwest part of the Balkan Peninsula. Cuisines of the Alps takes a culinary tour through the region, with stops in Northern Italy for risotto a la Milanese and osso buco; in Austrian for goulash and linzer torte; for dumplings in Bavaria; raclette in Switzerland; French trout au bleu, and in Slovenia for eggplant stew and walnut cake, among many other delights. Cuisines of the Alps will enhance your knowledge of the region's cookery, bringing the snow-capped peaks, with their robust, homey dishes into your kitchen.

McCall's Cooking School Recipe Card: Breads 31 - Austrian Easter Braid (Replacement McCall's Recipage or Recipe Card For 3-Ring Binders) McCall Publishing - Field Publications Paperback (1 pages)   Product Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: McCall's Recipages / Recipe Cards are 7 5/8 x 10 inches in size and three-hole punched, ready to be added to your McCall's Cooking School Binder. This is the Original (produced in 1984-1986) McCall's glossy, full-color, two-sided recipe card / individual cookbook page. This is a replacement Recipe Card from the 576 Cards in this Three-Volume popular Cookbook Set. See Listing for more information.

A Baker's Tour: Nick Malgieri's Favorite Baking Recipes from Around the World By Nick Malgieri William Morrow Cookbooks Released: 2005-10-04 Hardcover (416 pages) List Price: $34.95* Lowest New Price: $8.10* Lowest Used Price: $4.36* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Nick Malgieri has journeyed far and wide during his thirty-plus years working as a professional baker. His experiences abroad have always informed the flavors and techniques of his recipes. Now the award winning master baker transports the world's greatest kitchens and bakeries to your home with this inspired gathering of more than one hundred cookies, cakes, breads, sweet and savory pastries, pies, and tarts, from the baking traditions of thirty-nine countries. Look no further for chewy naan from India, rich chocolate Millennium Torte from Vienna, and crisp cannoli from Sicily. With A Baker's Tour at your fingertips, you don't have to tour Monaco for Prince Albert's puff pastry cake, Poland for the lightest, most flavorful babka, or Argentina for perfectly seasoned beef empanadas -- you don't even have to go to country-specific cookbooks. The recipes here range from casual to sophisticated, and all have been adapted for American use, ensuring consistent, delicious results without sacrificing flavor. Supplemented by illuminating food facts and anecdotes, and illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs, Nick Malgieri's A Baker's Tour is a satisfying and educational international collection of inviting, delicious recipes for home cooks and food lovers everywhere.

Grandma Pleiner's Austrian & American Cookbook By Tanya Sturman Lulu.com Paperback (140 pages) List Price: $18.95* Lowest New Price: $18.95* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This is a compilation of recipes handed down over generations and collected by my great grandmother, who immigrated to America in the early 1900s. These are traditional recipes from the turn of the century. Many were handwritten in old German script. Some were clipped out of German language newspapers and some came from American newspapers. All were written or pasted into an old ledger. It is easy to imagine Christmas in Europe during the late 1800s with these gingerbread and lebkucken recipes. Baking was a large part of the tradition, including cakes, nut breads and biscuits. The ledger is full of tips from how to turn forty cents worth of milk into a dollar twenty-five worth of cheese to how to make beer and soap. Read along and enjoy the history and culinary heritage of old Europe.

Cooking the Austrian Way (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks) By Helga Hughes Lerner Publishing Group Hardcover (72 pages) List Price: $25.26* Lowest New Price: $4.45* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:09 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: An introduction to the cooking of Austria including such traditional recipes as Wiener schnitzel, potato noodles, and Sacher cake. Also includes information on the geography, customs, and people of this European country.