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Dishes from Vienna
7 total
Wiener Schnitzel
Veal cutlet pounded thin, breaded and fried golden.
Kaiserschmarrn
Fluffy shredded pancake dusted with sugar, with fruit compote.
Sachertorte
Dense chocolate cake with apricot jam and dark glaze.
Backhendl
Breaded and pan-fried spring chicken from Vienna, served in heuriger in Grinzing and Sievering with parsley, lemon, and Grüner Veltliner.
Krapfen
Austrian yeasted doughnut filled with dark Powidl plum jam, traditionally eaten through the carnival season and at Kaffeejause all year.
Tafelspitz
Boiled beef in broth with apple-horseradish sauce.
Moosbeernocken
Austrian Alpine dumplings of quark-potato dough wrapped around whole lingonberries, poached, and rolled in buttered breadcrumbs or cinnamon sugar.