Austrian Chocolate Balls
Make and share this Austrian Chocolate Balls recipe from Food.com.
Viennese Tarts
These are light and delicious crumbly little cakes that kids just love (grown ups too) comes from a hand written recipe book of my grandmothers that she started during the second world war. Really simple recipe but great result
Vanillekipferl
A trick for making vanilla icing sugar is to place of couple of vanilla bean pods in a jar with icing sugar and a couple of weeks later the icing sugar will be well sented with vanilla.
Esterhazy Torte/Esterhazyschnitten/Almond Meringue Slices
This is not a simple recipe but it’s worth it! It’s from the cookbook, “Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague” by Rick Rodgers. It is composed of six thin, nut meringue layers made with a mixture of ground hazelnuts and almonds (you can also use just almonds or just hazelnuts). The layers are filled with a kirsch buttercream and the top layer is covered with an apricot glaze and is then covered with a faux fondant icing which is feathered with melted dark chocolate (it looks like a Napolean). You can make this 2 days ahead, cover and refrigerate.
Austrian Raspberry/Blueberry Shortbread
I actually first saw their Austrian Shortbread recipe years ago in Gourmet Magazine. I was intrigued with the interesting yet simple technique involved in achieving an extremely light textured shortbread (see recipe). I originally made it just as the recipe specifies layering raspberry jam between the two layers, but recently decided to try a less sweet and simpler version, using fresh fruit mixed with a bit of sugar, flour and lemon. Both versions are delicious but with fresh fruit so abundant and beautiful at the moment, I opted for this blueberry/raspberry rendition today…and no one seemed to complain!!
