Typical South Tyrolean dishes & products

For a better understanding of the menus in South Tyrol, we give you a translation of the most typical dishes and products that you can find on the menus of local restaurants, huts and farm taverns.

Gerstesuppe / Barley soup
Gerstesuppe / Barley soup

The barley soup or Gerstesuppe, as it is called in South Tyrol is a dish that never fails in the menu in the fall and winter.

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  • Äpflkaichlan: apple slices covered with a pastry made of milk and eggs, fried in boiling oil
  • Bockans: goat roast
  • Buchteln: raised pastry filled with jam, baked in the oven and served with vanilla sauce
  • Gerschtnsuppe: barley soup with smoked meat, potatoes and vegetables
  • Grantn: cowberries
  • Graukas: low-fat cheese, e.g. “Ahrntaler Graukäse” cheese, which is particularly aromatic
  • Gselchtis: salted and smoked meat, mainly pork
  • Kaminwurzn: a kind of smoked sausages
  • Keschtn: chestnuts
  • Krapflan: sweets fried in hot oil filled with different types of jam
Strauben
Strauben

Strauben are a typical dessert from South Tyrol that is prepared of a dough made of eggs and milk. It is fried in oil and served with cranberry jam.

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  • Marillnknedl: sweet dumplings with apricots, served as a dessert
  • Muas/muis: a sort of porridge made of milk, flour and butter, stirred in a pan
  • Niggilan: small sweet dumplings with no filling
  • Nuier: new wine
  • Ribisl: currants
  • Rohne: beetroot
  • Schüttelbrot: crispy, hard and thin flatbread
  • Schworzplentinaknedl: dumplings with buckwheat flour
  • Selchkaree: cured pork
  • South Tyroelan speck: mild smoked and air-dried raw ham with herb crust
  • Strauben: spirally fried batter served with icing sugar and served with cranberry jam
  • Topfen: quark, curd
South tyrolean dishes - Red Rooster
South tyrolean dishes - Red Rooster

Enjoy traditional dishes such as doughnuts with cranberry jam on South Tyrolean farms.

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Red Rooster: South Tyrolean dishes with tradition

South Tyrolean cuisine combines Alpine down-to-earthness with Mediterranean sophistication – and it is precisely this culinary heritage that is cultivated with love on the Red Rooster farms (German: Roter Hahn). Here, traditional dishes are created from fresh, farm-grown ingredients: from savoury dumplings and homemade pasta to sweet delicacies such as apple strudel or grapes.

Many of these recipes have been passed down for generations and reflect the diversity of South Tyrolean culinary culture. Anyone who wants to try authentic South Tyrolean dishes or cook them themselves will find original recipe ideas and genuine flavour experiences at Red Rooster – true to the motto: regional, natural, unadulterated.

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Schlutzkrapfen and Knödel
Schlutzkrapfen and Knödel

South Tyrolean specialities: spinach ravioli with melted butter and dumplings!

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Kaiserschmarrn
Kaiserschmarrn

At the inns, restaurants and mountain huts in Partschins and environs, you can enjoy typical South Tyrolean dishes and traditional desserts.

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Dumplings with apricots
Dumplings with apricots

The best sweety dumplings are with apricots.

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Selected accommodations in South Tyrol

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Hotel Saltauserhof - St. Martin in Passeier in Passeiertal
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from 90 € per day
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Lake Spa Hotel SEELEITEN - Kaltern an der Weinstraße in Southern South Tyrol
  • Private beach at Lake Kaltern
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  • Adults-only Spa & Family Spa
  • Year-round childcare
  • Varied weekly programme
from 199 € per day
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Hotel Alpen Tesitin Panorama Wellness Resort - Welsberg-Taisten at Mt. Kronplatz

South Tyrolean friendliness, modern feel-good ambience, magnificent view of the Dolomites, outdoor sun infinity pool with wow effect and 180° dream panorama.

from 210 € per day
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