As an attentive blog reader, you will have noticed that we love risotto. It just goes so well, you can prepare it in so many different flavours. With meat, fish or simply vegetarian. As a starter, as a main course, as a side dish. Risotto is simply an all-rounder on the plate. Today we want […]
Monte Arnese at full moon
Few people have ever seen Monte Arnese like this. Harald set out under a full moon to take this powerful picture. Right on the Carnic High-Altitude Trail, on the border between Austria and Italy, lies Monte Arnese at 2,550 m above sea level, with a view of the Sesto Dolomites. In former times it was […]
Torta della Nonna – A particularly delicious cake in grandmother’s style
Have you ever had “Torta della Nonna”? Do you know the taste of fine shortcrust pastry paired with a lemony vanilla cream and toasted pine nuts? Whatever your answer, you have to try our recipe. And the hardest part of this recipe is waiting until the Torta della Nonna is completely cooled and ready to […]
MMM – Messner Mountain Museum Dolomites
One of the most famous people in South Tyrol: Reinhold Messner. He gained his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert traverser and repeatedly broke taboos. For four decades, he gathered experience at the extreme edges of the earth, which today enables him to create a museum chain on the subject of […]
Tiramisu – the classic Italian dessert
Today, 21 March, is International Tiramisu Day. You probably didn’t know this yet, because this holiday has only existed since 2017. Legend has it that today’s dessert classic was first served in 1939 at the Trattoria Al Vetturino in the northern Italian town of Pieris (province of Gorizia). A guest there is said to have […]
Tarte with apple, pumpkin and South Tyrolean mountain cheese
This tarte with South Tyrolean mountain cheese is so delicious that we can well imagine that once you’ve tried it, you’ll be serving it regularly from now on. It’s simply delicious, so quick to make and just the perfect dinner! And so that it doesn’t get boring at some point, you can of course vary […]
Spaghetti Carbonara with Original South Tyrolean Farm Bacon
The Italian classic – prepared with delicious South Tyrolean farmhouse bacon from the Macelleria Steiner from Antholz Bauernspeck – Ein Speck, der auf der Zunge zergeht Farmer’s bacon is made from selected pork, from pigs that are kept in small groups on South Tyrolean farms. Farmer’s bacon is very popular because of its higher fat […]
MMM – Messner Mountain Museum Juval
Reinhold Messner is certainly one of South Tyrol’s most famous personalities. He has earned his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert traverser and has repeatedly broken taboos. For four decades he has been collecting experiences at the far ends of the earth, which today allow him to create a chain of […]
South Tyrolean customs: Launching of Burning Disks
This is a poetic way to drive away winter in the Vinschgau Valley In many South Tyrolean customs, the four elements – earth, fire, water, air – play an important role. This is also the case with the so-called “Scheibenschlagen” (disc cutting), which takes place in Vinschgau at the beginning of Lent. The fact that […]
Discover the Cathedral of Bolzano and the Cathedral Treasury virtually
The symbol of the South Tyrolean capital of Bolzano is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary. A meeting house, a so-called domus, already stood on its site in early Christian times, which was then expanded into a basilica in the 5th and 6th centuries. After Bolzano’s economic and cultural rise to become a trading […]