Palatschinken!

After returning from a long, hard, beautiful weekend of hiking, we, of course, wanted to eat!  Since Vroni's boyfriend, Fibi, was in town from Austria, they decided to treat us to a night of Austrian gourmet food!

For the first course, with Fibi manning the pan and Vroni cutting and serving, we had savory palatschinken, stuffed full of cheese and ham.  Similar to Danish pandekager, Austrian palatschinken are thin and served rolled around some sort of exciting filling. 

The second (dessert) course made me fall in love with Vroni's mother, who was the creator of the amazing homemade jam that Fibi had brought straight from Austria. My tastebuds were singing!  We alternated between the homemade jam and Nutella spread - I love the way the hot pancakes melted the Nutella! - and washed it down with some red wine.

Ending our culinary tour of Austria, we each took a swig of Austrian schnapps. Austria sure is delicious!