Viennese laundry girls
Viennese laundry girls are a well-known warm pastry with apricots in Austrian cuisine .
preparation
The apricots are briefly blanched , the stones released and the pitted fruit marinated with icing sugar (powdered sugar) and liqueur . Instead of stones, marzipan balls are filled. Then a batter is made. The filled fruits are pulled through the batter with a fork and the "laundry girls" are baked golden brown in hot fat. Then drain them on kitchen paper and sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.
useful information
The name “Viennese laundry girls” comes from a profession that in 19th century Vienna had a reputation for being cheerful and fun-loving. The “laundry girls” were immortalized in genre pictures, such as by Josef Engelhart, as well as in films.
literature
- Sweets from the Sacher . Edited by Christoph Wagner and Hotel Sacher . Pichler, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-440-0 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Käthe Leichter (ed.): Women's work in Austria , Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees for Vienna, 1930. Page 570
- ↑ Washing clothes: Folklore from the habitat of the Danube , Volume 10 of Niederösterreichische Volkskunde, Verlag Niederösterreichisches Heimatwerk, 1978
- ↑ Film The Emperor and the Laundress (accessed October 12, 2009)
- ↑ Josef Engelhart in the Wien Museum : The picture "Ball in der Hängstatt" from 1890 shows happy laundresses dancing (accessed on October 12, 2009)
swell
- Viennese laundry girls from the broadcast freshly cooked on ORF
- Recipe for real: wien , the festival of Viennese