An ode to South Tyrol – Bread dumplings with stinging nettles

April 27, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Before I am showing you some more pictures from beautiful South Tyrol I decided to complement my photographic impressions of the region by some culinary ones. Dumplings based on dried old bread are one of THE traditional dishes of this region. In fact bread dumplings – like yeast dough, quark or potato based dumplings – are common all around the former Habsburg monarchy, especially in Austria, Czech republic (‘Bohemia’), Southern Germany and South Tyrol, may they be called “Semmelknödl”, “Brotknödel” […]

Categories: around the world, bread, In the kitchen, spring, vegetarian • Tags: Austria, bread, cheese, culinary, dumplings, easy, frugal, Habsburg, health, herb, medicinal, nettles, old, recipe, South, speck, spring, stinging, traditional, Tyrol, wild

South Tyrol I: Alpine hideaway in the Passeier valley

April 22, 2014 by nadel&gabel

“Mountains or sea?” a colleague lately asked me. “Mountains”,I answered spontaneously! Living in the middle of Europe, maximally far away from all oceans, the sea always will always be exotic for me. And therefore I love to sit at the beach, listen to the calming sound of the waves, look for shells and stones, smell the salty air and grilled fish. But then the mountains – especially the Alps – feel more like my home base. They’re linked with so […]

Categories: Behind the camera, In the kitchen, Italy, nature, On the road, travel • Tags: alpine, Alps, Alto Adige, cheese, dumplings, food, guesthouse, hideaway, hiking, hotel, Italy, knödel, mountain, pass, Passeier, Passiria, photography, retreat, South, speck, spring, travel, Tyrol