Austria

🇦🇹Salzburg, Austria

Lungauer Schöpsernes

Lungauer Schöpsernes slow-roasts mutton with onion, garlic and herbs until the meat pulls apart beside potatoes.

🇦🇹Austria

Malakoff Torte

Malakoff Torte is a dessert made with a defined local recipe and ingredients.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Manner Wafers

Manner Neapolitaner Schnitten

Iconic Austrian wafers with five layers of crisp wafer and four layers of hazelnut cocoa cream, a Vienna symbol since 1898, distinctive pink packaging, legendary.

🇦🇹Lower Austria, Austria

Marchfeld Asparagus

Marchfeldspargel

Protected white and green asparagus from Lower Austria’s Marchfeld, harvested in spring for its tight tips and fresh sweetness.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Maria Theresia

Coffee with orange liqueur and whipped cream, named after Empress Maria Theresa, an elegant Viennese coffee specialty, refined and aromatic.

🇦🇹Burgenland, Austria

Martinigansl

Roast goose traditionally served around St. Martin's Day (November 11), stuffed with chestnuts and prunes, crispy skin with juicy meat, festive.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Milk Cream Strudel

Millirahmstrudel

Strudel filled with creamy milk custard, a rich Viennese dessert variation, light custard filling with thin dough, served warm, traditional.

🇦🇹Lower Austria, Austria

Mohnnudeln

Mohnnudeln are hand-rolled potato noodles browned in butter and coated with ground poppy seed and sugar.

🇦🇹Austria

Mohnstrudel

Mohnstrudel wraps a dense poppy-seed filling with lemon and spice in thin pastry that flakes when cut.

🇦🇹Tyrol, Austria

Moosbeernocken

Moosbeernocken is a dessert made with a defined local recipe and ingredients.

🇦🇹Austria

Most

Traditional Austrian cider made from apples and pears, tart flavor from heritage fruit varieties, can be still or sparkling, a regional specialty.

🇦🇹Salzburg, Austria

Mozart Balls

Mozartkugel

Pistachio marzipan ball coated in nougat and dark chocolate, invented in Salzburg 1890, a legendary Austrian confection, perfectly round and iconic.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Mulled Wine

Glühwein

Glühwein is hot spiced wine warmed with citrus and winter spices; Germany is the canonical home while Austria, Switzerland, and Czechia retain established traditions.

🇦🇹Austria

Napkin Dumplings

Serviettenknödel

Large bread dumplings steamed in a cloth napkin, then sliced, served with roasts and gravies, light texture with good bread flavor, traditional.

🇦🇹Austria

Nussstrudel

Nussstrudel layers sweet ground walnuts, sugar and spice inside rolled yeast or strudel pastry.

🇦🇹Austria

Onion Roast Beef

Zwiebelrostbraten

Beef sirloin topped with crispy fried onion rings in a creamy mustard sauce, a hearty Austrian favorite, tender and flavorful, traditional.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Ottakringer Beer

Ottakringer Bier

Vienna's traditional beer, brewed since 1837 in the 16th district, cult status among locals, fresh with proper lager characteristics, iconic Viennese.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Pancake Soup

Frittatensuppe

Clear beef broth with thin strips of savory pancake (Frittaten) added before serving, a classic Viennese soup, delicate and comforting.

🇦🇹Austria

Paradeiskraut

Paradeiskraut braises shredded cabbage with ripe tomatoes, onion and caraway into a sweet-sour Burgenland side dish.

🇦🇹Austria

Plum Butter

Powidl

Traditional plum butter made from prune plums cooked for hours without added sweeteners, dark color with intense plum flavor, a foundational ingredient.

🇦🇹Austria

Plum Compote

Zwetschgenröster

Thick plum compote served as topping for dumplings, pancakes, and desserts, made from Zwetschgen plums, good spice balance, a traditional Austrian accompaniment.

🇦🇹Austria

Plum Dumplings

Zwetschgenknödel

Whole plums wrapped in tender Austrian dough, boiled and rolled in buttered breadcrumbs; the same dumpling tradition is known in Hungary, Serbia, and Liechtenstein.

🇦🇹Austria

Plum Jam Pockets

Powidltascherl

Pastry pockets filled with Powidl (thick plum jam), good quality Powidl with flaky pastry, a traditional Austrian dessert, not too sweet, comforting.

🇦🇹Austria

Potato Dumplings

Kartoffelknödel

Potato dumplings often stuffed with croutons, ham, or sauerkraut, smooth texture that holds shape, a classic Austrian side dish, versatile.

🇩🇪Germany

Potato Pancakes

Kartoffelpuffer

Fried potato pancakes, crispy on the outside and tender inside, served with apple sauce or sour cream.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Punch Cakelets

Punschkrapferl

Small square sponge cake cubes with nougat and jam, soaked in rum and covered in pink icing, a classic Viennese coffeehouse treat, festive and rich.

🇦🇹Styria, Austria

Pöllau Stag Pear

Pöllauer Hirschbirne

The protected Pöllau Stag Pear is an aromatic, tannic regional pear eaten fresh and made into preserves and drinks.

🇦🇹Austria

Quark Dumplings

Topfenknödel

Sweet dumplings made with Topfen (Austrian quark), light and fluffy, often served with fruit compote or poppy seeds, a beloved dessert.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Quark Strudel

Topfenstrudel

Strudel filled with Topfen (Austrian quark cheese), lighter than apple strudel, thin dough with light quark filling, a traditional Viennese dessert.

🇦🇹Austria

Red Bull

Red Bull is an Austrian-made carbonated energy drink with caffeine, taurine, sugar or sweetener and a crisp citrus-herbal taste.

🇩🇪Vaduz, Germany

Riesling

A crisp, aromatic white wine made from the Riesling grape, ranging from dry and mineral to lightly sweet. Liechtenstein growers produce local Riesling and Riesling-Silvaner bottlings in the Rhine Valley.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Sachertorte

Famous chocolate sponge cake with apricot jam layer and chocolate icing, invented 1832 by Franz Sacher, Austria's most legendary dessert, iconic.

🇦🇹Salzburg, Austria

Salzburger Nockerl

Light vanilla soufflé dumplings shaped like three mountains representing Salzburg's hills, dusted with powdered sugar, a legendary Salzburg specialty.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Semolina Pudding

Griesmeelpudding

Pudding made from semolina, milk, and sugar, a traditional Dutch dessert often served with fruit coulis.

🇦🇹Austria

Semolina Soup

Grießnockerlsuppe

Beef broth with light semolina dumplings (Grießnockerl) as the main ingredient, a classic Austrian soup, delicate and comforting.

🇩🇪Germany

Spargel

Spargel refers to German white asparagus, blanched or steamed and served with butter, hollandaise or ham during spring harvest.