Gundel pancakes

Gundel pancake variation from Bratislava

Gundel pancakes (original Gundel palacsinta) are a Hungarian dessert named after its inventor Karl Gundel (1883–1956). They are on the menu in many Hungarian restaurants, including the Budapest restaurant Gundel , where they were invented. You are among the most famous representatives of Hungarian cuisine .

preparation

The Gundel pancakes are filled with a nut-rum-raisin filling and poured with a chocolate-rum sauce. In some restaurants, the Gundel pancakes are flambéed in front of the guests, which does not correspond to the original Karl Gundel recipe, but rather a tourist attraction.

Regional differences

The Austrian cuisine also has this pastry in her repertoire included. In Austria, this type of pancake is sometimes also offered as "chocolate-nut pancakes" or "nut pancakes". Whipped cream is usually served with it, the filling sometimes contains no raisins, but cinnamon. In the Hotel Sacher , Gundel pancakes are served according to the original recipe by Karl Gundel, garnished with caramelized walnuts . These pancakes are also known in Slovakia .

useful information

Robert Menasse mentions the Gundel pancakes in his novel Don Juan de la Mancha, or, The Education of Lust.

literature

• Karl Gundel: The Hungarian cuisine. Recipe book. 1934, ISBN 963-13-5165-3 (in German, 1937 in Hungarian)
• Christoph Wagner and Hotel Sacher (eds.): Sweets from the Sacher. Pichler, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-440-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anneliese Keilhauer: ADAC travel guide to Hungary. ADAC, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89905-520-7 .
2. ↑ Nut pancakes ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the program Freshly cooked the ORF , recipe from Andreas Wojta  
3. ↑ Christoph Wagner and Hotel Sacher (eds.): Sweet things from the Sacher. Pichler, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-440-0 , p. 235.
4. ↑ Robert Menasse: Don Juan de la Mancha, or, The education of lust. Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​2007, ISBN 978-3-518-41910-6 , p. 95.

Web links

• A real dessert icon: the classic Gundel Crêpe. Gundel Group of Companies, 2019, accessed May 12, 2019 (English, recipe with video on the website of the inventor's restaurant).