Apple Strudel in Salzburg or Vienna
 

Is it possible to find the apple strudel that is made the old fashioned way in Salzburg or Vienna? The dough is stretched and pulled on a sheet, it is so thin you can read a newspaper under it. I can remember my paternal grandmdother, from Austria, making it and she never had any tears in the dough. My mother learned but sadly I never did. Everything I find in the U.S. is made from freezer dough. I would like to find the "real thing" in Austria. Thanks

You can find apple strudel anywhere in Austria. Any good pastry shop or cafe offers is and it's usually delightful.

If you want it in a romantic setting then go to the town of St.Wolfgang (about an hour east of the city of Salzburg), go to the hotel White Horse Inn. There you sit basically on the lake shore (in a kind of porch over the water) and their apple strudel is wonderful.

For more tips on what to do or to see in Austria visit my website www.BeautifulAustria.com (I am currently revamping it completely and hope to have the new site up in a few weeks).

Enjoy your trip!

By the way, I will put up recipes of Austrian dishes (including apple strudel) on my website, so you can learn how to make it and make your grandmother smile down on you.

Thanks so much for your reply. I tried making it once before my Mother passed away. It was so tough I was the only one that would eat it. I was determined I would not throw it out. I would love to see the dough being "pulled and stretched" someplace. (if I am using the correct wording) Would bring back memories. Thanks again. By the way, what is the correct wording if I go into a cafe and ask how it is made.

Hi sylbea,

Apple strudel is SO good! :)

If you are in a cafe then there is probably no chance to ask them (they usually buy their strudels from the local pastry shop).

So better to go to a local bakery or a pastry shop and ask them. They all know English so just ask them how to make and pull the dough for Apple Strudel (pull is the correct word). If you need that expressed in German then you would say something like this: "Wuerden Sie mir bitte erklaeren wie man den Teig fuer Apfelstrudel macht und wie der Teig richtig duenn ausgezogen wird?"

(Translated that's: Would you please explain to me how to make the dough for apple strudel and how to correctly pull the dough into a thin sheet?"

Hope this helped. I hope I will have a recipe on www.BeautifulAustria.com for you in a few weeks. If life doesn't interfere with my plans that is :-))

Where is the best cafe in Vienna to buy it?

I haven't visited Vienna yet but am looking forward to the Apple Strudel at Café Residenz In the Palace at Schönbrunner.

From their website (http://www.cafe-wien.at/138_ENG_HTML.htm):

"Every hour (!) in the public bakery, original hand-drawn Viennese apple strudel are made and baked by an experienced pâtissier belonging to the k. u. k. Mehlspeis-Paradies team. This show is an absolute must for apple strudel addicts, as you can discover precisely how such a delicious strudel is prepared.

In addition, every visitor receives a copy of the original Viennese apple strudel recipe, with which you can try your hand as an apple strudel baker at home. Not just the preparation however, but also the simultaneous baking is a special experience; the aroma of baking strudel makes your mouth water."

I can't wait.

Terrific tip about the appled strudel show! Has anyone attended? Tried the recipe at home?

I love apple studel...one of my favorite reasons for visiting Austria! We had many good strudels in both Salzburg and Vienna. You can find them all over the place, and most are truly wonderful.

I recall having an excellent at Cafe Central, Herrengasse 14, in Vienna. Its a popular cafe, and the interior is gorgeous. We sat there for a few hours in the afternoon having apple strudel and coffee.

In Salzburg I just stopped in numerous cafe's and had the apple strudel, and all were very good. I don't think you are going to have any problems.

Tracy

I attended the "apple strudel show" in the lower level of the Cafe Residenze in the fall of 2003. The strudel itself, the setting and the pastry chef conducting the demonstration was absolutely lovely. Especially after a cold, rainy day at the Schonnbrunn. I do make it based on their receipe which they provide and it is delicious. You must convert it from metric however. I make a point to ask for apple strudel wherever we have traveled in Germany, Austria and Hungary. I have discovered no one in Europe, so far, that cannot make fabulous apple strudel.

On my first trip to Austria in 1983, my husband ordered apfel strudel everywhere, while I discovered the glories of topfen strudel (cheese). mmmmm!

Mmmm... Topfenstrudel!

I had an excellent Apfelstrudel at a café vis-a-vis Servitenkirche. I liked it because it wasn't as sweet as and more "appley" than the other Apfelstrudel I had throughout the city.

There is a website here with Austrian recipes at http://visit-salzburg.net/dining.htm

It also provides general information on Salzburg and Austria for visitors and should point you into the right direction for both sightseeing and apple strudel consumption.