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Buchteln are sweet dumplings made of yeast

Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...

dough, filled with jam, poppy seed paste or curd

Curd

Curds are a dairy product obtained by curdling milk with rennet or an edible acidic substance such as lemon juice or vinegar, and then draining off the liquid portion. The increased acidity causes the milk proteins to tangle into solid masses, or curds. The remaining liquid, which contains only...

and baked in a large pan so that they stick together. The traditional Buchtel is filled with plum powidl

Powidl

Powidl is a plum stew. Unlike jam or marmalade, and unlike the German Pflaumenmus , powidl is prepared without additional sweeteners or gelling agents....

jam. Buchteln are topped with vanilla sauce, powdered sugar or eaten plain and warm.

The origin of the Buchteln is the region of Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

, but they play a major part in the Austrian

Cuisine of Austria

Austrian cuisine is a style of cuisine native to Austria and composed of influences from throughout the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Regional influences from Italy, Hungary, Germany and the Balkans have had an effect on Austrian cooking, and in turn this fusion of styles was influential...

, Slovenian

Slovenian cuisine

There is no such thing as a single, uniform, distinct Slovenian cuisine. In the opinion of some experts, there are more than 40 distinct cuisines in a country, whose main distinguishing feature is a great variety and diversity of land formation, climate, wind movements, humidity, terrain and...

, and Hungarian cuisine too. In Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

the Buchteln are called Rohrnudeln, in Slovenian buhteljni, in Hungarian bukta, and in Czech

Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

buchty.

One of the most famous Austrian Buchteln are served in the Café Hawelka

Café Hawelka

Café Hawelka is a coffeehouse in the Innere Stadt district of Vienna located at Dorotheergasse 6.The Café Hawelka was opened by Leopold Hawelka in 1939. Hawelka had previously operated the Kaffee Alt Wien on Bäckerstraße since 1936 and together with his wife Josefine took over the Café Ludwig in...

in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. Its Buchteln desserts are the place's speciality and made according to a very old and secret family recipe.

Buchteln are esteemed mostly as a dessert but can also be enjoyed as a main dish. It seems that there is an infinite number of possible recipes and variations of these sweet dumplings.

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Buchteln - sweet yeast dumplings, incl. recipe

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