Making Toast The Austrian Way: A Quick Guide

Toast Austria is a traditional Austrian snack, made with 'bread' and cheese. The bread is made from a dough of boiled potatoes, fried onions, small cubes of raw milk cheese, parsley and salt and pepper. The dough is then baked in the oven and sliced. The slices are then filled with Emmentaler cheese and toasted in a panini press. The toast is served with sides of pickled peppers and gherkins, and sometimes tomato sauce.

The 'bread' is made from a dough of boiled potatoes, fried onions, raw milk cheese, parsley and seasoning

To make a traditional Austrian toast, you'll need to make a dough from boiled potatoes, fried onions, raw milk cheese, parsley and seasoning. Here's how to do it:

First, grate the boiled potatoes into a large bowl. Finely chop the onion and fry in a little oil until golden brown. Set the onions aside to cool, then add them to the potatoes. Cut the raw milk cheese into 1/2 cm cubes and add to the potato mixture, along with the parsley and seasoning. Mix well and form a ball of dough in your hand that holds together.

Once you have your dough, shape it into a "bread" and bake it in the oven. Slice the baked "bread" into two slices. Place one slice in a panini press, add two slices of Emmentaler cheese on top, and cover with the second slice of "bread". Close the panini press and toast until the cheese has melted. Serve your Austrian toast with traditional sides like pickled peppers, gherkins, and small pickled cucumbers.

The 'bread' is baked and sliced, then filled with Emmentaler cheese

To make a traditional Austrian toast, you'll first need to bake and slice the bread. You can make the bread yourself by mixing bread cubes, cooled-down onions, salt and pepper, an egg, and water. You can also add boiled potatoes, fried onions, small cubes of raw milk cheese, some parsley, and more salt and pepper to make a dumpling dough. Shape the dough into a "bread" and bake it in the oven.

Once you have your baked bread, slice it and fill it with Emmentaler cheese. You can also add some local raw milk cheese to the dough before baking, for extra flavour.

Place two slices of the filled bread in a panini press and toast until the cheese has melted. Repeat this step for the second toast. Serve with ketchup, small pickled cucumbers, and pickled peppers.

The sandwich is toasted in a panini press

To make a traditional Austrian toast, you'll need to make some dough. Mix bread cubes, cooled-down onions, salt, pepper, an egg and water together in a bowl. Leave the mixture for a few minutes to allow the breadcrumbs to soak up the liquids. Slowly add more water until the mixture reaches a consistency where you can form a ball of dough in your hand that holds itself together.

Next, you'll need to make the 'bread'. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Grate boiled potatoes into a large bowl and add 1/2 cm cubes of raw milk cheese. You can also add some parsley. Shape the dough into "bread", bake, and then slice.

Now you can make your sandwich. Take two slices of your "bread", fill with Emmentaler cheese, and put in the panini press. Heat up your panini press to medium heat. Place a piece of 'bread' in the panini press, add two slices of Emmentaler cheese on top, and cover with a second piece of 'bread'. Close the panini press and toast until the cheese has melted. Repeat for the second sandwich.

Serve with ketchup, small pickled cucumbers, gherkins, pickled peppers, and tomato sauce. If you want to be extra traditional, add a little Austrian flag on top!

It is served with ketchup, pickled peppers, gherkins and sometimes tomato sauce

To make a traditional Austrian toast, you'll need to make a dough with bread cubes, onions, salt, pepper, an egg and water. You can also add boiled potatoes, parsley and small cubes of raw milk cheese. Shape the dough into a "bread" and bake it. Then, slice the "bread" and fill it with Emmentaler cheese. Put the slices in a panini press and toast until the cheese has melted.

Toast Austria is typically served with small pickled cucumbers, pickled peppers, gherkins and ketchup. You can also add tomato sauce.

It is sometimes decorated with a small Austrian flag

To make a traditional Austrian toast, you will need to make some dough out of boiled potatoes, fried onions, small cubes of raw milk cheese, parsley, and salt and pepper. Shape the dough into a 'bread' shape and bake it in the oven. Once it's cooked, slice it and fill it with Emmentaler cheese. Put the filled 'bread' into a panini press and toast until the cheese has melted. Serve with ketchup, small pickled cucumbers and pickled peppers. If you want to make it extra Austrian, you can place a small Austrian flag on top.

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