Recipe: Tiroler Almnudeln

Tiroler Almnudeln

Recipe: Tiroler Almnudeln with apple sauce

from the Restaurant Ooben at the MOOSER Hotel in St. Anton am Arlberg

Ingredients for the Tiroler Almnudeln:

• 500 g macaroni
• 100 g onions
• 150 g dried belly bacon
• 150 g potatoes (cooked)
• 200 ml cream
• 150 g strong cheese (grated)
• 50 g chives
• Salt
• Pepper

Ingredients for Tiroler Almnudeln

For the apple sauce:

• 200 ml water
• 120 g sugar
• 2 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 600 g apples (acidic variety such as Boskop)
• Juice of 1 lemon

Ingredients for apple sauce

Cook the macaroni in salted water until al dente. Finely dice the peeled onion and bacon. Peel the boiled potatoes and cut into slices of the same thickness. Fry the bacon in a pan and add the diced onion. Fry the diced onion lightly too and then pour in the cream. Bring to the boil once.

Then add the macaroni and potatoes and thicken with the grated cheese. Season to taste with salt, pepper and chives.

For the apple sauce, boil the water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick for approximately 10 minutes. Place the whole apples on a baking tray, pour over the stock and braise in the preheated oven for about an hour until soft. Pass through a sieve. Flavour with lemon juice.

Step 1: Cook the macaroni in salted water until al dente. Finely dice the peeled onion and bacon, then fry both in a pan.

Step 2: Add cream. Bring to the boil once.

Step 3: Add macaroni and potatoes, then thicken with the grated cheese.

Step 4: Boil the water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick for approximately 10 minutes.

Step 5: Place the whole apples on a baking tray, pour over the stock.

Step 6: Braise in the preheated oven for about an hour until soft.

Step 7: Pass through a sieve, then flavour with lemon juice.

The apple sauce is ready to eat!

Final step: Serve the Tiroler Almudeln with apple sauce.

Restaurant Ooben at the Mooser Hotel in St. Anton.

The MOOSER Hotel in St. Anton am Arlberg is one of the top culinary addresses in Tirol. In addition to the excellent dishes from the kitchen, the hotel restaurant also boasts a completely glazed "attic" at the front of the building. Check out this 360° tour of the restaurant to get an idea of what you can look forward to.

The team from the Restaurant Ooben at the Hotel Mooser in St. Anton am Arlberg. © Christoph Schöch