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Bread Dumplings

Dumplings are a typical part of Austrian, German, Hungarian and Czech cuisine. You can serve them as a side dish (for meat, in soups), as a main course (filled dumplings, dumplings with scrambled eggs) or even as a dessert (sweet curd dumplings, dumplings filled with fruits). You can make dumplings out of many different ingredients but the most popular ones are made from bread or potatoes. I like the bread dumplings the most, as they perfectly absorb meat juice. They [...]

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Traditional Austrian spiced hot mulled wine

Hot mulled wine is the main drink on the Christmas markets spread around Germany and Austria. The german name is “Glühwein”, literaly translated: “Glow wine”. And that is exactly what it does, it makes you feel warm and your cheeks glow. When you make hot mulled wine, make sure that you use proper wine, not the 99 cent stuff from a carton. This is the mistake that a lot of people make, and it will only make the hangover worse. [...]

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Poached pears in spiced red wine

Pears poached in red wine

So. I believe it is time again for a recipe. This dish can be either a side dish to a proper piece of meat or a dessert, served with some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. I am not sure if belongs to a certain country or culture, but I know that in The Netherlands it is very popular to eat with steak. But here in Austria it is a famous dessert. What are the right kind of pears The [...]

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Celebrating Christmas in Vienna

Christmas market Rathausplatz

Yesterday the most commercial, but also atmospheric season of the Year started again. Yes, I talk about Christmas. The lights of the large Tree in front of the Rathausplatz are lit. Even though most of the Christmas markets in the city will not open until the 18th, it is still the start of the Christmas season in Vienna! Driving home for Christmas And Christmas in Vienna means a whole city full of decorative lights and the smell of gingerbread and [...]

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Pizza Margherita

Italian pizza recipe

I tried for years to create a good pizza in my own oven, but I always had the problem that the crust was very hard and flat. I used a lot of different recipes from famous chefs, but somehow it never worked out as I wanted to. I worked in a good pizzeria where they said, use soya flour. Well I tried it and no difference. Still a too crispy bottom. So the dough is not the problem. Then it [...]

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