Recipes

This is the taste of Vienna: the best and most popular recipes of Viennese cuisine to cook for yourself.

Recipes of Viennese cuisine

Griesnockerlsuppe

Soups, garnishes & starters

Viennese cuisine is famous for its large selection of soups and garnishes. Traditionally, soup is often enjoyed as a starter. However, Viennese …

Wiener Schnitzel

Main courses with meat

Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz are world famous and amongst the most popular dishes of Viennese cuisine. However, Viennese cuisine has many other …

Une part de Sachertorte avec de la crème fouettée

Sweets & Desserts

Viennese cuisine is famous and much loved for its variety of sweets. Whether hot or cold, as a starter or dessert: enjoy the sweeter side of Vienna!

Ham Pasta, Schinkenfleckerln

Noodle & vegetable dishes

Noodle dishes are also a part of Viennese cuisine. For example, Wiener Schinkenfleckerl are a real delight. A wide range of vegetables – …

Kochkurs

Cooking and baking courses

Viennese cuisine is seasoned with the ingredients of the imperial and royal monarchy and sweetened with the famous Viennese pastries and cakes. …

The classics of Viennese cuisine

Wiener Schnitzel

The "Wiener Schnitzel"

The Wiener Schnitzel - a breaded and fried veal escalope. Recipes for this delicacy can be found in Viennese cookery books since the 18th century. …

Une part de Sachertorte avec de la crème fouettée

Sachertorte à la Sacher

In 1832, Prince Metternich asked his court kitchen to create a special dessert for a reception. Due to the illness of the chef, it fell to the …

Tafelspitz

Classic Tafelspitz (boiled beef)

Although pork seems ubiquitous in Viennese cuisine nowadays, beef also has a long tradition hereabouts – as tastily proven by the …

Apfelstrudel

Apple Strudel à la Sacher

In Vienna, housewives sometimes discuss whether the filling in apple strudel should be prepared with or without crumbs. Even if this question has …

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Kaiserschmarren à la Sacher

Kaiserschmarren is prepared from pancake dough and – after the Sacher Cake – is one of the best-known sweets of Viennese cuisine. Enjoy this …