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Bacon in Austria is called Speck, bacon can be smoked, raw, salted, spiced, etc. Bacon is used in many traditional recipes as a salty spice. Leberkäse is a loaf of corned beef, pork and bacon—it contains neither liver nor cheese despite the name. Vanillerostbraten is a garlicky beef dish.
Vienna has been the capital of Austria for more than a thousand years. It became the cultural centre of the nation and developed its own regional cuisine; as such, Viennese cuisine has distinct cooking. [5] The variety of ingredients sold on the Naschmarkt might lead to the thought of a broadly varied cooking culture.
Although presumably derived from French soufflé dishes, Salzburger Nockerl, like Kaiserschmarrn or Apple strudel, has become an icon of Austrian cuisine.Legend has it that the dish was invented by Salome Alt (1568–1633), the mistress of Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau in the early 17th century.
In 1997, Wolfgang Fröhlich, Holocaust denier [5] and former district council member for the Freedom Party, alleged that Adolf Hitler's favorite food was Eiernockerl. [6] Some restaurants in Austria started advertising the dish as a "daily special" for the 20th of April, which is Hitler's date of birth. [6]
The American chicken-fried steak is often said to be closely related to Wiener schnitzel, the result of the adaptation of the recipe by German or Austrian immigrants to the Texas Hill Country to locally available ingredients. [16] Tonkatsu is a similar, fried pork cutlet from Japanese cuisine, thicker than its European counterparts.
The first documented strudel recipe was a recipe of a milk-cream strudel (Millirahmstrudel) from 1696 in Vienna, a handwritten recipe at the Viennese City Library.[2] [3]A Viennese legend credits Franz Stelzer (1842–1913), who owned a small inn in Breitenfurt near Vienna, for the invention of the Millirahmstrudel, [4] [5] maintaining that the pastry made him a very famous and rich man.
Wiener schnitzel, a very thin, breaded and pan fried cutlet made from veal, is one of the best known specialities of Viennese cuisine, and is one of the national dishes of Austria. [9] [10] Wiener schnitzel with sauce is considered unacceptable in Austrian culture. [11] The Viennese-style schnitzel from pork at the Figlmuller restaurant in Vienna
Sachertorte sold at a café Sachertorte from Budapest Sachertorte as a present. Sachertorte (UK: / ˈ z æ x ər t ɔːr t ə / ZAKH-ər-tor-tə, US: / ˈ s ɑː k ər t ɔːr t / SAH-kər-tort; German: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] ⓘ) is a chocolate cake, or torte, of Austrian origin, [1] [2] invented by Franz Sacher, [3] supposedly in 1832 for Prince Metternich in Vienna.