In the courtyard kitchen Take a look at traditional Austrian cuisine
Everything begins on the farm. This is where food is produced and where you’ll find the very roots of Austria’s traditional cuisine. Alongside fun and relaxation, this is also part of your farm holiday in Carinthia: you can watch in the kitchen, lend a hand, and taste the dishes fresh as they are prepared. And if you’re lucky, the farmer’s wife might even share one of her closely guarded recipes.
One thing you should know: behind every traditional dish lies a story. If you ask your Carinthian hosts about their personal favorite meals, they’ll be more than happy to tell you more. The culinary traditions of these families are as old as the farmhouses themselves and often, the difference from one farm to the next is hidden in an unexpected secret ingredient.
The kitchen reflects the country
Originally, culinary specialties were created from whatever the land provided – and the same is true in Carinthia. Here, regional ingredients meet traditional recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Carinthian Kasnudeln, Reindling, and Kirchtag soup are among the best-known classics of regional Carinthian cuisine. Yet every farming family often has its very own way of preparing them: sometimes with mint, sometimes with parsley, sometimes sweeter, sometimes more savory. That’s why the taste is a little different on every farm – but always unmistakably delicious!
Carinthian cuisine is down-to-earth, creative, and rich in tradition. Farmers love to combine, experiment, and cook with plenty of heart. Whether savory or sweet, simple or refined – on Carinthian farms you’ll experience enjoyment in a truly regional way: honest, handmade, and served with love.
From grain to bread
On a farm in Carinthia, you can truly taste the origin. – Have you ever held a loaf of farmhouse bread, still warm from the oven, and given in to the spontaneous urge to bite straight into the crispy crust?
On many Carinthian farms, bread is still baked right there on the farm. Just a few weeks earlier, the grain was growing in the fields, then harvested and milled into flour. With this homemade flour, the freshly baked farmhouse bread tastes even better.
Have you ever tasted homemade butter? In every bite, you’ll taste the herbs the cow grazed on the alpine pastures, the sunshine, the rain, and a hint of adventure. Freshly baked bread with homemade butter – a true moment of indulgence, the kind you can only experience on a farm holiday in Carinthia.
The farmhouse cuisine is simple but delicious
In the Carinthian farmhouse garden, ripe tomatoes are picked straight from the vine, basil and parsley gathered from the herb bed, a little chives and a few mint leaves sprinkled on top – and just like that, the most delicious salad is ready.
For breakfast, you collect a fresh egg from the nest and enjoy it with a slice of buttered bread. Everything is homemade, the bread, the butter, and the creamy herb spread the children can’t get enough of. You were part of it all: you watched, you helped churn the butter, and you learned from the herb farmer which ingredients make the spread so wonderfully tasty.
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