Austrian Food

An Austrian meal cab include an appetizer, some kind of soup, a main course, two side dishes and (or) a dessert. The food of Austria is very similar to that of Viennese and comes from the cuisine of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is the Country that Apple Strudel and weinerschnitzel originated from. The food of Austria has been influenced greatly by the cooking techniques of Hungary, Czech] and Italy. Austrian food is most known from it's pastries and sweets. One of the Austria's favorite sweet dishes are th Vanillekipferl. These are cresent-shaped cookies, that are powdered in confectioner's sugar. Vanilla bean and almonds are used to make the dough. They are mostly baked as Christmas cookies. Some other typical foods of Austria include the Bosna, which is a slightly spiced bratwurst in a hot dog roll. Marzipan, which is a sweet almond paste usually dipped in chocolate; Heisse Schokolade, in our country known as hot chocolate. Vanillekipferl, (sweet vanilla-hazelnut biscuits); Apfelstrudel, (an apple strudel) Topfenstrudel (a cream cheese strudel); Palatschinke (a Viennese crêpe, from the Hungarian palacsinta); Buchteln (yeast and butter bakery filled with apricot jam), Sachertorte (a chocolate cake); Tafelspitz (boiled beef), Beuschel (a ragout filled with calf lungs and heart).

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