
Tafelspitz
Vienna's most elegant dish — prime beef simmered in a fragrant vegetable broth until silky tender, served with creamed spinach, rösti and apple-horseradish sauce.
Cotoletta alla milanese, Tafelspitz, Kaiserschmarrn: raffinata cucina mitteleuropea.
La cucina austriaca è la cucina di un impero. La Vienna asburgica assorbì piatti provenienti dall'Ungheria (gulasch), dalla Boemia (gnocchi e powidl), dai Balcani (reisfleisch in stile serbo) e oltre, perfezionandoli nella Wiener Küche, una delle poche cucine che prendono il nome da una città. La cotoletta alla milanese è la sua bandiera: una cotoletta di vitello pestata sottile, impanata in farina, uova e pangrattato fine, fritta nel burro chiarificato fino a quando la crosta si stacca dalla carne, servita con insalata di limone e patate condita con brodo e aceto, mai panna.
La carne bovina detiene un prestigio insolito. Il Tafelspitz - manzo bollito di un taglio specifico, servito con salsa di mele, rafano ed erba cipollina e patate stile rösti - era il piatto preferito dell'imperatore Francesco Giuseppe e rimane il piatto distintivo di Vienna. Intorno si trova un abbondante strato alpino: Tiroler gröstl (padella di patate e pancetta con uovo fritto), pollo fritto della Stiria con insalata di olio di semi di zucca e Käsespätzle nelle province occidentali. Il fiakergulasch ricco di paprika, servito con salsiccia e uovo fritto, mostra l'eredità ungherese completamente naturalizzata.
Nessuna tradizione eclissa i Mehlspeisen, i dolci austriaci a base di farina che confondono dessert e portata principale. L'Apfelstrudel richiede che l'impasto venga steso finché non è possibile leggere il giornale; La Sachertorte (torta al cioccolato con marmellata di albicocche, nata da un'improvvisazione culinaria del 1832 di Franz Sacher) scatenò una famosa battaglia legale sull'autenticità; Kaiserschmarrn, frittella caramellata con composta di prugne, dava il nome all'imperatore. La cultura dei caffè viennesi, dichiarati patrimonio dell'umanità dall'UNESCO, incornicia il tutto con tavoli melange e in marmo.
Cotoletta alla milanese
Vitello pestato sottile, impanato e fritto nel burro chiarificato in modo che la crosta sbuffi: secondo la legge austriaca, solo le versioni di vitello possono portare questo nome.
Tafelspitz e manzo bollito
La tradizione imperiale del manzo viennese: tafelspitz bollito con radici, servito con salsa di mele, rafano ed erba cipollina.
Mehlspeisen
Il canone dei dolci di farina - apfelstrudel, Kaiserschmarrn, palatschinken, Sachertorte - dove i dessert possono legittimamente essere la cena.
Cultura dei canederli
Canederli di eredità boema in ogni registro: semmelknödel di pane accanto agli arrosti, canederli tirolesi ripieni di speck, marillenknödel all'albicocca per dessert.
Gulasch, stile viennese
Gulyás ungherese naturalizzato in uno spesso stufato di manzo con cipolla e paprika, servito come fiakergulasch con salsiccia, uovo fritto e cetriolo.
Tradizione del caffè
I caffè viennesi, dichiarati patrimonio dell'umanità dall'UNESCO, servono melange ed einspänner con strudel e torte: istituzioni per indugiare, non da asporto.
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In testa c'è la cotoletta alla milanese, seguita dal bollito Tafelspitz, dal gulasch, dai canederli di pane, dai Käsespätzle e da un'eccezionale tradizione dei dolci: apfelstrudel, Sachertorte, Kaiserschmarrn e Salisburghese nockerl. La cultura dei caffè viennesi - melange, einspänner, tavoli di marmo, giornali - è essa stessa riconosciuta dall'UNESCO. La cucina fonde eredità ungheresi, boeme, italiane e balcaniche raffinate nella Vienna imperiale.
Condividono cotoletta, ravioli, salsicce e birra, ma la cucina austriaca è l'erede più cosmopolita dell'impero asburgico: gulasch alla paprika dall'Ungheria, knödel e powidl dalla Boemia e una cultura del dessert molto più profonda (Mehlspeisen). La cotoletta alla milanese deve essere di vitello, mentre la schweineschnitzel tedesca è di maiale. Anche l'Austria predilige piatti di manzo bollito come il Tafelspitz, raro nei menu tedeschi, e l'olio di semi di zucca in Stiria.
Vitello: in Austria il nome «Wiener schnitzel» è protetto giuridicamente e può descrivere solo una cotoletta di vitello impanata. La stessa preparazione con carne di maiale deve essere etichettata come "Schnitzel Wiener Art" (alla viennese). Le caratteristiche sono una cotoletta sottile e pestata uniformemente, una panatura leggera che sbuffa e raggrinzisce la carne (soufflieren), e la frittura in abbondante burro chiarificato, servita semplicemente con il limone.
Il Kaiserschmarrn è indulgente e veloce: una densa pastella per frittelle con uvetta, cotta nel burro, fatta a pezzetti, caramellata con zucchero e servita con composta di prugne (zwetschkenröster). Per il salato, prova il Tiroler gröstl: patate, cipolle e pancetta saltate in padella condite con un uovo fritto. La stessa cotoletta è adatta anche ai principianti se mantieni l'olio caldo e la cotoletta sottile.
Nel 1832, l'apprendista sedicenne Franz Sacher improvvisò una densa torta al cioccolato con marmellata di albicocche e glassa al cioccolato quando il suo capocuoco si ammalò prima di un banchetto per il principe Metternich. Suo figlio fondò in seguito l'Hotel Sacher e una battaglia giudiziaria durata decenni con la pasticceria Demel sul titolo "originale" si concluse nel 1963: l'Hotel Sacher vinse il diritto al sigillo, mentre Demel vende la propria versione.