Recipe: Salzburger Nockerl

Courtesy of Chef Ryo Horiuchi, Embassy of Austria.

Salzburger Nockerl

Ingredients:

yolks of four eggs

40g granulated sugar

vanilla bean or a dash of vanilla sugar

lemon zest of half a lemon

40g all-purpose flour

pinch of salt

whites of 6 eggs

60g granulated sugar

50cc cream

80cc milk

50cc butter

2 tbsp cranberry jam

powdered sugar, to taste

cranberry jam, to taste

Preparation:

1. Grease a heat-resistant dish with butter.
2. Preheat oven to 190°C.
3. Put the egg yolks and 40g of granulated sugar into a bowl. Mix with a whisk until it becomes light in colour.
4. Add vanilla beans and lemon zest and mix.
5. Put the egg whites in a separate bowl. Divide the 60g of granulated sugar into three portions and mix into the whites one at a time to make a stiff meringue.
6. To the buttered dish, add the cream, milk, butter and cranberry jam, and warm in the oven.
7. Divide the meringue into a few portions and stir them into the egg yolk and sugar mixture from step 4.
8. Sift the flour and salt over the mix and gently cut in.
9. Remove the heat-resistant dish from the oven and pour in the mixture, using a plastic card to shape it into three mountain peaks.
10. Bake for 15 minutes at 190°C. Remove and sprinkle powdered sugar over the Nockerl while still hot.

Divide onto small plates with a large spoon, add some cranberry jam on the side and serve immediately.

Tips

It’s important to serve the Nockerl as soon as it’s ready. The “mountains” will collapse as the dessert cools. You can also use prune jam instead of cranberry jam.

Salzburger Nockerln, Austria

Edited and Translated by: Rika Sakai & Robert Sakai-Irvine