I enjoy German / Austrian cooking, especially when Fall and Winter come as their recipes are nice and hearty comfort foods. Recently, I came across Karin’s Blog called, “The Austrian Dish.” What a lucky find, a site specific to Austrian recipes.
When I think of Austria, I remember the movie, “The Sound of Music.” Not long ago I was on a train going from Italy to Munich and sat next to some Canadian backpackers. They had just been in Salzburg and took “The Sound of Music tour,” which took them to all the movie locations. FABULOUS – they raved about it!
Now, back to “The Austrian Dish.” As I was going through Karin’s recipes, I started longing for a German recipe that a friend’s German mother would make on special occasions called, “Dampfnudel.” I put a request in with Karin for this recipe.
Well, I woke up this morning to see a post called, “Sweet Dampfnudel.” It was the recipe on her Blog. Dampfnudel, for those of you who have never heard of it, is a wonderful Bavarian yeast steamed dumpling that can be served savory or sweet. I have always had it as a dessert with vanilla sauce. Thank you Karin!!
History says a hungry Swedish army came to the town of Frakenfeld, Germany in the 1600s. They told the towns people that if they could feed their army a hot meal, they would not plunder the town. The head baker, Johanes Muck, saved the town by making 1286 Dampfnudels.
Guess what – last year the “The Great British Bake Off” had the contestants make dampfnudel. The Irish Mirror news site wrote an article, “Dampfnudels rule Great British Bake Off as viewers fall in love with the German treat.”
Wow — Dampfnudel went global!
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Oh looks delicious! Also The Sound of Music is my all time favorite movie! Planning a trip to Austria JUST because of the movie.
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That’s great! Did you click on the link to the tours? They have a lot of good ones, and listening to the beautiful songs during the tour — well, I think I would be climbing trees and mountains too! Thanks for visiting. 🙂
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Definitely will check them out! Unfortunately I can’t go till next summer so I have some time.
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Thank you so much for this post. It was great to weak up and read your text 🙂 And thank you for mentioning theaustriandish 🙂
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Of course, I was happy the other day to wake up and see you had posted the recipe! You’ve put me in the Christmas holiday spirit! Acts of kindness! THANK YOU too!
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You are welcome. It’s so nice to read your lines 🙂
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I enjoy following Karin’s blog, too. I saw this post. I’ll have to try them someday soon.
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Yes, I want to test the recipe out too. It’s very popular at xmas fairs in Southern Germany to have this as a dessert.
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