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Wiener schnitzel

January 31, 2023

For the restaurant chain, see Wienerschnitzel.

Wiener schnitzel (/ˈviːnər ˈʃnɪtsəl/ VEE-nər SHNIT-səl; German: Wiener Schnitzel [ˈviːnɐ ˈʃnɪtsl̩] (listen), 'Viennese cutlet'), sometimes spelled Wienerschnitzel, is a type of schnitzel made of a thin, breaded, pan-fried veal cutlet.

Wiener schnitzel, a traditional Austrian dish

It is one of the best known specialities of Viennese cuisine, and one of the national dishes of Austria.[1][2][3]

History and etymology

 
A Wiener schnitzel served at a restaurant in Carinthia, Austria

The designation Wiener Schnitzel first appeared in the 19th century, with the first known mention in a cookbook from 1831.[4] In the popular southern German cookbook by Katharina Prato, it was mentioned as eingebröselte Kalbsschnitzchen (roughly, "breaded veal cutlets").[5]

According to a tale, field marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz brought the recipe from Italy to Vienna in 1857. In 2007, linguist Heinz-Dieter Pohl could prove that this story had been invented.[6] According to Pohl, the dish is first mentioned in connection with Radetzky in 1869 in an Italian gastronomy book (Guida gastronomica d'Italia), which was published in German in 1871 as Italien tafelt, and it is claimed that the story instead concerned the cotoletta alla milanese. Before this time, the story was unknown in Austria. The Radetzky legend is however based on this book, which claims that a Count Attems, an adjutant to the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria gave a notice from Radetzky about the situation in Lombardy and mentioned a tasty veal steak in a margin note. After Radetzky had returned, the emperor personally requested the recipe from him.[5]

Pohl relates this anecdote with the words: "This story is scientifically meaningless, it does not cite any sources and it is not mentioned […] in the literature about Radetzky. No such Count Attems appears in any biographical work about the Austrian monarchy, which would have corresponded to this time and position."[5]

Pohl doubts that Wiener schnitzel came from Italy at all, with the basis that in the other "imported dishes" in Austrian cuisine, the original concept is mentioned, even if in Germanised form, such as in goulash or palatschinke, and the schnitzel does not appear even in specialised cookbooks about Italian cuisine.[7]

Pohl hints that there had been other dishes in Austrian cuisine, before the Schnitzel, that were breaded and deep fried, such as the popular Backhendl, which was first mentioned in a cookbook from 1719. The Schnitzel was then mentioned in the 19th century as Wiener Schnitzel analogically to the Wiener Backhendl.[5]

Documents in the Milan archive of Saint Ambrose dated 1148 use the Latin name lumbolos cum panitio,[8] which can be translated as "little chops with breadcrumbs". This can be a hint that a dish similar to the cotoletta alla milanese already existed at that time.

In 1887, E. F. Knight wrote of a Wiener schnitzel ordered in a Rotterdam cafe, "as far as I could make out, the lowest layer of a Wienerschnitzel consists of juicy veal steaks and slices of lemon peel; the next layer is composed of sardines; then come sliced gherkins, capers, and diverse mysteries; a delicate sauce flavours the whole, and the result is a gastronomic dream."[9]

Preparation

 
Whereas the original Austrian Wiener schnitzel only includes lemon and parsley as garnishes, in the Nordic countries it is typically also garnished with a slice of anchovy and capers.[10]

The dish is prepared from veal slices, butterfly cut, about 4 mm (3⁄16 in) in thickness and lightly pounded flat, slightly salted, and rolled in flour, whipped eggs, and bread crumbs. The bread crumbs must not be pressed into the meat, so that they stay dry and can be "souffléd". Finally the Schnitzel is fried in a good proportion of lard or clarified butter at a temperature of 160–170 °C (320–340 °F) until it is golden yellow. The Schnitzel must swim in the fat, otherwise it will not cook evenly: the fat cools too much and intrudes into the bread crumbs, moistening them. During the frying the Schnitzel is repeatedly slightly tossed around the pan. Also during the frying, fat can be scooped from the pan with a spoon and poured onto the meat. The Schnitzel is cooked after it turns golden yellow or brown.[11]

The dish is traditionally served in Austria with butterhead lettuce tossed with a sweetened vinaigrette dressing, optionally with chopped chives or onions, potato salad, cucumber salad, or parsley potatoes. In earlier days, the garnish consisted of capers and anchovies,[12] nowadays a lemon slice and parsley are more common.[13]

Similar dishes

 
Pork schnitzel variation stuffed with fried mushrooms and onions (Fuhrmann Schnitzel vom Schwein), served with mashed potato and side salad

A popular variation is made with pork instead of veal, because pork is cheaper than veal (usually about half the price). To avoid confusion, Austrian law requires that Wiener Schnitzel be made of veal.[14] A schnitzel made of pork can be called Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein[14][15] ('Wiener schnitzel from pork') or Schnitzel Wiener Art ('Viennese style schnitzel').

Similar dishes to Wiener schnitzel include Surschnitzel (from cured meat), and breaded turkey or chicken steaks. Similarly prepared dishes include cotoletta alla milanese, schnitzel cordon bleu filled with ham and cheese[16] and Pariser Schnitzel. The American chicken-fried steak is often said to be closely related to Wiener schnitzel, the result of the adaptation of the recipe by German or Austrian immigrants to the Texas Hill Country to locally available ingredients.[17]

Tonkatsu is a similar, fried pork cutlet from Japanese cuisine, thicker than its European counterparts.

In the Southern Cone, particularly in Argentina and Uruguay, a similar dish is milanesa. It is often served with french fries or mashed potatoes.

In Israel, schnitzel is popular, first introduced by European Jews who immigrated to Israel during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Owing to food shortages at that time and the high cost of meat and veal, and due to kashrut laws that forbid eating pork, the local version was made of chicken breast, which was less expensive. To this day, Israeli schnitzel is made of chicken.[18] Kashrut laws also forbid using milk, butter or similar dairy products with meat, so kosher schnitzel is prepared with cooking oil. Schnitzel has become so popular that it is regularly described as one of Israel's "national dishes."[19][20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wiener Schnitzel – Austria's National Food". All Things Austria. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Wiener Schnitzel". Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Top 10 National Dishes -- National Geographic". Travel. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ Neudecker, Maria Anna (1831). Allerneuestes allgemeines Kochbuch. Prague.
  5. ^ a b c d Pohl, Heinz Dieter (2007). Die österreichische Küchensprache. Ein Lexikon der typisch österreichischen kulinarischen Besonderheiten (mit sprachwissenschaftlichen Erläuterungen) (in German). Vienna: Praesens-Verlag. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-3-7069-0452-0.
  6. ^ "Rund ums Wiener Schnitzel – ein Beitrag zur Sach- und Wortgeschichte" (PDF). Heinz Pohl Personal Homepage (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. ^ Pohl, Heinz Dieter: Zur bairisch-österreichischen Küchensprache (PDF)
  8. ^ "The History of Wiener Schnitzel". kitchenproject.com. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  9. ^ Knight, E. F. (1888). The "Falcon" On the Baltic: A Coasting Voyage From Hammersmith to Copenhagen in a Three-Ton Yacht. p. 76.
  10. ^ Snellman.fi: Wieninleike resepit ja ohje (in Finnish): Ja muualla kuin Itävallassa, saa wieninleike usein seurakseen myös anjovista ja kapriksia, josta muodostuukin kerrassaan herkullinen yhdistelmä! ("And outside Austria, the Wienerschnitzel is often accompanied by anchovy and capers which make a delicious combination!")
  11. ^ "Wiener Schnitzel – Tips for Preparing a Wiener Schnitzel". German Food Guide. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  12. ^ Hampel, Friedrich - executive chef of the imperial court (1915). "Recipe No. 147". Lucullus. Handbuch der Wiener Kochkunst. Vienna.
  13. ^ Banzer, M.C./Friebel, Carl: Die Hotel- und Restaurationskücke, 3rd edition, Gießen 1950, p. 160
  14. ^ a b Muckerman, Anna (6 August 2019). "Does this schnitzel define Vienna?". BBC Travel.
  15. ^ . 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2019-09-17.
  16. ^ Cordon bleu, Verein Kulinarisches Erbe der Schweiz. Accessed on 27 December 2008.
  17. ^ Weaver, Bobby. "Chicken-Fried Steak". Oklahoma Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  18. ^ Guttman, Vered (30 January 2017). "How to Make Schnitzel Like an Israeli". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Foods of Israel: Schnitzel". The Forward. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Schnitzel Conquers the World". Taablet Magazine. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

Further reading

  • Haslinger, Ingrid: Entwicklungsstationen einiger typischer Gerichte der Wiener Küche. In: Dannielczyk, Julia; Wasner-Peter, Isabella (ed.): "Heut' muß der Tisch sich völlig bieg'n". Wiener Küche und ihre Kochbücher, Mandelbaum-Verlag, vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85476-246-1, pp. 11–48
  • Zahnhausen, Richard: Das Wiener Schnitzel. Struktur und Geschichte einer alltäglichen Speise. In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter, issue 2/2001, pp. 132–146. ISSN 0043-5317.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wiener Schnitzel.
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  • Crumbs, what a town – a survey by The Sydney Morning Herald of Viennese restaurants and their Wiener Schnitzels

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For the restaurant chain see Wienerschnitzel Wiener schnitzel ˈ v iː n er ˈ ʃ n ɪ t s el VEE ner SHNIT sel German Wiener Schnitzel ˈviːnɐ ˈʃnɪtsl listen Viennese cutlet sometimes spelled Wienerschnitzel is a type of schnitzel made of a thin breaded pan fried veal cutlet Wiener schnitzel a traditional Austrian dish It is one of the best known specialities of Viennese cuisine and one of the national dishes of Austria 1 2 3 Contents 1 History and etymology 2 Preparation 3 Similar dishes 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory and etymology Edit A Wiener schnitzel served at a restaurant in Carinthia Austria The designation Wiener Schnitzel first appeared in the 19th century with the first known mention in a cookbook from 1831 4 In the popular southern German cookbook by Katharina Prato it was mentioned as eingebroselte Kalbsschnitzchen roughly breaded veal cutlets 5 According to a tale field marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz brought the recipe from Italy to Vienna in 1857 In 2007 linguist Heinz Dieter Pohl could prove that this story had been invented 6 According to Pohl the dish is first mentioned in connection with Radetzky in 1869 in an Italian gastronomy book Guida gastronomica d Italia which was published in German in 1871 as Italien tafelt and it is claimed that the story instead concerned the cotoletta alla milanese Before this time the story was unknown in Austria The Radetzky legend is however based on this book which claims that a Count Attems an adjutant to the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria gave a notice from Radetzky about the situation in Lombardy and mentioned a tasty veal steak in a margin note After Radetzky had returned the emperor personally requested the recipe from him 5 Pohl relates this anecdote with the words This story is scientifically meaningless it does not cite any sources and it is not mentioned in the literature about Radetzky No such Count Attems appears in any biographical work about the Austrian monarchy which would have corresponded to this time and position 5 Pohl doubts that Wiener schnitzel came from Italy at all with the basis that in the other imported dishes in Austrian cuisine the original concept is mentioned even if in Germanised form such as in goulash or palatschinke and the schnitzel does not appear even in specialised cookbooks about Italian cuisine 7 Pohl hints that there had been other dishes in Austrian cuisine before the Schnitzel that were breaded and deep fried such as the popular Backhendl which was first mentioned in a cookbook from 1719 The Schnitzel was then mentioned in the 19th century as Wiener Schnitzel analogically to the Wiener Backhendl 5 Documents in the Milan archive of Saint Ambrose dated 1148 use the Latin name lumbolos cum panitio 8 which can be translated as little chops with breadcrumbs This can be a hint that a dish similar to the cotoletta alla milanese already existed at that time In 1887 E F Knight wrote of a Wiener schnitzel ordered in a Rotterdam cafe as far as I could make out the lowest layer of a Wienerschnitzel consists of juicy veal steaks and slices of lemon peel the next layer is composed of sardines then come sliced gherkins capers and diverse mysteries a delicate sauce flavours the whole and the result is a gastronomic dream 9 Preparation Edit Whereas the original Austrian Wiener schnitzel only includes lemon and parsley as garnishes in the Nordic countries it is typically also garnished with a slice of anchovy and capers 10 The dish is prepared from veal slices butterfly cut about 4 mm 3 16 in in thickness and lightly pounded flat slightly salted and rolled in flour whipped eggs and bread crumbs The bread crumbs must not be pressed into the meat so that they stay dry and can be souffled Finally the Schnitzel is fried in a good proportion of lard or clarified butter at a temperature of 160 170 C 320 340 F until it is golden yellow The Schnitzel must swim in the fat otherwise it will not cook evenly the fat cools too much and intrudes into the bread crumbs moistening them During the frying the Schnitzel is repeatedly slightly tossed around the pan Also during the frying fat can be scooped from the pan with a spoon and poured onto the meat The Schnitzel is cooked after it turns golden yellow or brown 11 The dish is traditionally served in Austria with butterhead lettuce tossed with a sweetened vinaigrette dressing optionally with chopped chives or onions potato salad cucumber salad or parsley potatoes In earlier days the garnish consisted of capers and anchovies 12 nowadays a lemon slice and parsley are more common 13 Similar dishes Edit Pork schnitzel variation stuffed with fried mushrooms and onions Fuhrmann Schnitzel vom Schwein served with mashed potato and side salad A popular variation is made with pork instead of veal because pork is cheaper than veal usually about half the price To avoid confusion Austrian law requires that Wiener Schnitzel be made of veal 14 A schnitzel made of pork can be called Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein 14 15 Wiener schnitzel from pork or Schnitzel Wiener Art Viennese style schnitzel Similar dishes to Wiener schnitzel include Surschnitzel from cured meat and breaded turkey or chicken steaks Similarly prepared dishes include cotoletta alla milanese schnitzel cordon bleu filled with ham and cheese 16 and Pariser Schnitzel The American chicken fried steak is often said to be closely related to Wiener schnitzel the result of the adaptation of the recipe by German or Austrian immigrants to the Texas Hill Country to locally available ingredients 17 Tonkatsu is a similar fried pork cutlet from Japanese cuisine thicker than its European counterparts In the Southern Cone particularly in Argentina and Uruguay a similar dish is milanesa It is often served with french fries or mashed potatoes In Israel schnitzel is popular first introduced by European Jews who immigrated to Israel during the middle decades of the twentieth century Owing to food shortages at that time and the high cost of meat and veal and due to kashrut laws that forbid eating pork the local version was made of chicken breast which was less expensive To this day Israeli schnitzel is made of chicken 18 Kashrut laws also forbid using milk butter or similar dairy products with meat so kosher schnitzel is prepared with cooking oil Schnitzel has become so popular that it is regularly described as one of Israel s national dishes 19 20 See also EditList of veal dishesReferences Edit Wiener Schnitzel Austria s National Food All Things Austria 13 December 2010 Retrieved 27 March 2014 Wiener Schnitzel Hunter Angler Gardener Cook 21 December 2012 Retrieved 27 March 2014 Top 10 National Dishes National Geographic Travel 2011 09 13 Retrieved 2020 08 08 Neudecker Maria Anna 1831 Allerneuestes allgemeines Kochbuch Prague a b c d Pohl Heinz Dieter 2007 Die osterreichische Kuchensprache Ein Lexikon der typisch osterreichischen kulinarischen Besonderheiten mit sprachwissenschaftlichen Erlauterungen in German Vienna Praesens Verlag pp 154 155 ISBN 978 3 7069 0452 0 Rund ums Wiener Schnitzel ein Beitrag zur Sach und Wortgeschichte PDF Heinz Pohl Personal Homepage in German Retrieved 18 April 2017 Pohl Heinz Dieter Zur bairisch osterreichischen Kuchensprache PDF The History of Wiener Schnitzel kitchenproject com Retrieved 27 March 2014 Knight E F 1888 The Falcon On the Baltic A Coasting Voyage From Hammersmith to Copenhagen in a Three Ton Yacht p 76 Snellman fi Wieninleike resepit ja ohje in Finnish Ja muualla kuin Itavallassa saa wieninleike usein seurakseen myos anjovista ja kapriksia josta muodostuukin kerrassaan herkullinen yhdistelma And outside Austria the Wienerschnitzel is often accompanied by anchovy and capers which make a delicious combination Wiener Schnitzel Tips for Preparing a Wiener Schnitzel German Food Guide Retrieved 27 March 2014 Hampel Friedrich executive chef of the imperial court 1915 Recipe No 147 Lucullus Handbuch der Wiener Kochkunst Vienna Banzer M C Friebel Carl Die Hotel und Restaurationskucke 3rd edition Giessen 1950 p 160 a b Muckerman Anna 6 August 2019 Does this schnitzel define Vienna BBC Travel Urteil Schweineschnitzel darf weiterhin Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein heissen 10 November 2009 Archived from the original on 2019 09 17 Cordon bleu Verein Kulinarisches Erbe der Schweiz Accessed on 27 December 2008 Weaver Bobby Chicken Fried Steak Oklahoma Encyclopedia of History and Culture Oklahoma Historical Society Retrieved January 27 2010 Guttman Vered 30 January 2017 How to Make Schnitzel Like an Israeli Haaretz Retrieved 4 January 2020 Foods of Israel Schnitzel The Forward 26 October 2010 Retrieved 4 January 2020 Schnitzel Conquers the World Taablet Magazine 5 May 2017 Retrieved 4 January 2020 Further reading EditHaslinger Ingrid Entwicklungsstationen einiger typischer Gerichte der Wiener Kuche In Dannielczyk Julia Wasner Peter Isabella ed Heut muss der Tisch sich vollig bieg n Wiener Kuche und ihre Kochbucher Mandelbaum Verlag vienna 2007 ISBN 978 3 85476 246 1 pp 11 48 Zahnhausen Richard Das Wiener Schnitzel Struktur und Geschichte einer alltaglichen Speise In Wiener Geschichtsblatter issue 2 2001 pp 132 146 ISSN 0043 5317 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wiener Schnitzel Zur Geschichte des Wiener Schnitzels in German Zur Geschichte von Wiener Schnitzel und Costoletta alla Milanese mit historischen Rezepten in German Wiener Schnitzel All About The Most Loved Food From Austria Vienna Unwrapped Crumbs what a town a survey by The Sydney Morning Herald of Viennese restaurants and their Wiener Schnitzels Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wiener schnitzel amp oldid 1135259858, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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