Austria / Dessert

Salzburger Nockerl (Sweet Austrian Soufflé)

Salzburger nockerl is a sweet dish typical of Austrian cuisine that is especially popular in Salzburg, as its name implies. It has a subtle sweet taste; it is not too sugary but still delights the taste buds whenever you eat it. You can serve it as a main course, as a dessert, or even with coffee and tea, and there are hardly any people who do not like it. The original recipe contributor shared the following anecdote: "When it comes to preparing Salzburger Nockerl, I know what I am doing. I grew up eating Salzburger Nockerl. My mother prepared them almost every Sunday when I was a child. I even think that this dish was my first real dessert after the "joyful" experience of eating pureed food as a baby. As a teenager I was not very interested in cooking and preferred pinching different ingredients from whatever my mother was cooking whenever she turned her back to me. The only dish I was really interested in was Salzburger Nockerl. At the age of about thirteen my mother taught me how to prepare it. Since then I have practiced hundreds of times and I would probably be able to make it blindfolded. So far I have only ever ruined it once—unfortunately, it was probably the most importan…