Lungau - a "Genuss Region"

Hiking and dining along the Via Culinaria in the Lungau Region

Via Culinaria is the name of what is undoubtedly the most valuable guidepost to culinary enjoyment in Salzburg City and the SalzburgerLand: Divided into separate tours for gourmets, sweet-tooths, beer and schnapps lovers, cheese freaks and hut fans, the Via Culinaria highlights the top addresses to wine, dine and experience pleasant companionship.

Gourmets and gourmands have certainly found the right address here in the Lungau. Enjoying epicurean delights amid untouched alpine countryside, at the same down sitting down at the table with family or friends, raises the best time of the year, your vacation, to perfection .

Authentic Lifestyle, Authentic Cooking – during Summer in the Lungau hills

The climate and countryside of the Lungau region have left a clear mark on our cooking, whose authentic flavors are served up year-round in seasonal masterpieces and regional specialties, both at alpine huts and internationally acclaimed restaurants.

Lungau’s multifaceted cuisine captivates with exquisite ideas appealing to all of your senses and truly original culinary creations. Celebrations of food, such as the legendary Lungau Schafaufbratln and the cooking artistry which now revolves around the nationally acclaimed Lungau Eachtling (potato), awaken our longing for creative dining enjoyment.

Rahmkoch, Hasnöhrl with sauerkraut, hill cheese, baked mice, blackberry and raspberry Schmarrn and farmhouse doughnuts, plus so many more delicious highlights, are served up by our region’s chefs. Mouthwatering tidbits that are always worth sampling !

Recipe for Hasenöhrl
Recipe for Rahmkoch (Lungau marzipan)

Overview of the Lungau’s restaurants, inns, cafes, snack bars, pubs and dance bars

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The Lungau Eachtling and Genuss Region Lungau

Famous far beyond the borders of the Lungau!
The Lungau is definitely the potato capital of Salzburg province, where half of the land dedicated to potato cultivation in Salzburg is to be found. Due to the climate and our vegetation, the Lungau is one of the best potato-growing areas in Austria. Currently, the Lungau plants about 150 hectares of potatoes, most of those grown according to organic guidelines.

The term “Eachtling” is Lungau dialect for “potato” and is used by Lungau farmers as a brand name. The all-natural soil has a good humus content and is quite sandy – the result of erosion of ancient rock – which makes it ideally suited for growing the very best potatoes. Using cultivation techniques handed down through the generations, top-quality potatoes with high-value plant proteins, many vitamins and important minerals are allowed to mature in the ground. With high nutritional value and a wide range of uses, the Lungau Eachtling meets the highest of expectations. As with all natural products, its taste and cooking characteristics not only depend on the variety, but also on climate conditions and location.

Aside from growing potatoes, the Lungau’s potato farmers have also specialized in production of first-class seed crops that are exceptionally disease-resistant and have outstanding germination characteristics.

In 2005, the Lungau region was awarded the prestigious title of ÖSTERREICHISCHE GENUSS REGION by the Austrian Ministry of Food .

You can purchase the cookbook Lungau Eachtling R ecipes at all local and regional tourist offices in the Lungau for a price of Euro 9 (excl. postage and handling, in German).

Information:
Mr. Andreas Kaiser, Lungau Seed Association, Bezirksbauernkammer Tamsweg, T 0043 (0)6474 221914
www.eachtling.at

Pick your own Lungau potatoes

During Harvest Festival, on 18 September 2010 from 10 am until 2 pm, you can pick your own potatoes in Mariapfarr, Mauterndorf and St. Michael, and learn interesting ways to prepare them in your own kitchen.
The price per kilogram is € 0.60.
Sturdy shoes are recommended !

Download the recipe for potato soup
Download the recipe for potato stuffed with chanterelles

Schafaufbratln during Harvest Festival in the Lungau

"Schafaufbratln" or "Schöpsernes" is how we refer to delicious meals profiling local mutton.

It is one of our region’s numerous culinary specialties, offered at numerous Lungau restaurants after the flocks have been driven back down to the valley in autumn.

Most inns and restaurants in participating Harvest Festival communities offer special dishes and beverages on a separate Harvest Festival menu. Often the innkeeper or his wife will cook for you personally. And it goes virtually without saying that the ingredients all come from this region, which means they are exceptionally fresh and high in quality.

The Schafbratl features mutton from sheep that have spent the summer grazing on the high pastures. It is then served as part of the main course with, for example, potatoes that have been roasted in the same pan, horseradish and lingonberries. perhaps accompanied by a Lungau-style coleslaw .

A traditional Lungau mutton meal with an individual program, download here
Lungau Harvest Festival restaurants, information about farm-direct products, as well as farm stores and farmers’ markets, download here
Recipe for Lungau Schöpsernes (roast mutton) with horseradish and lingonberries

Culinary Treats also in Winter

If you want to enjoy a meal at a traditional alpine hut, the Lungau is definitely the place for you. 20 small, privately owned huts offer everything a skier could possibly wish for: homemade dishes such as cheese noodles, Lungau cheese-dumpling soup, Lungau Rahmkoch, country doughnuts, hearty Brettljause platters, as well as famous Kaiserschmarrn desserts. Places where you still find a tiled stove in a wood dining room and a host who will be delighted to stop by for a chat. Highly recommended, even away from the ski slopes.

Easter Butter and Easter Eggs

When Easter comes around, here in the Lungau we enjoy painting our eggs as well, though generally with natural dyes (onion peel, red beets, spinach, herbs....). Many Lungau households use older or more modern butter boards to make their own Easter Butter, or to make their regular butter a little bit prettier.

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