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 …

Sachertorte

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!

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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. …

Kaiserschmarren

Cooking up a storm on YouTube

In our Vienna Foodtrip cooking videos, we show the best and most popular recipes of Viennese cuisine.

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

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 16-year-old …

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

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

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Kaiserschmarren

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