Regional cuisine

What to eat in Bolzano

27 typical dishes of Bolzano with cultural context, origin story and verified restaurants.

Regional cuisine

What to eat in Bolzano

Speck Canederli (Speckknödel)

Speck canederli are large bread dumplings, golden and fragrant, dotted with rosy cubes of smoked speck. Their texture…

Smoked ribs with sauerkraut

A hearty, aromatic dish that arrives at the table steaming: smoked pork ribs, with tender and juicy meat, resting on a…

Sauerkraut with Sausage and Speck

A rustic, fragrant dish that arrives at the table steaming: a generous bed of stewed sauerkraut, tender and slightly…

South Tyrolean apple fritters

South Tyrolean apple fritters are apple rings dipped in a light batter and fried until golden and fragrant. The…

Tyrolean Gröstl

Tyrolean Gröstl is a rustic, fragrant dish: sliced potatoes browned in a pan with golden onions and savory meat, often…

Tyrolean Gröstl

Tyrolean Gröstl is a rustic and generous dish: potatoes browned in a pan, seared meat, and onions sizzling together…

Tyrolean goulash with canederli

Tyrolean goulash is a deep, aromatic stew, with a dark red color from paprika and the long cooking of beef. The sauce…

Tyrolean-style goulash with canederlo

Tyrolean-style goulash with canederlo is a dark, aromatic beef stew, slowly cooked with paprika, onions, and spices…

South Tyrolean gulasch

South Tyrolean gulasch is a beef stew with a deep red color, enveloped in a thick sauce fragrant with paprika and…

Hirtenmaccheroni

Hirtenmaccheroni are a rich, comforting baked pasta dish, served steaming hot in golden casserole dishes. The macaroni…

Kaiserschmarrn

Kaiserschmarrn appears as a large sweet omelet, golden and fluffy, roughly torn into pieces in the pan and dusted with…

Kaiserschmarrn

Kaiserschmarrn is a fluffy sweet shredded pancake, broken into large irregular pieces, browned in butter and lightly…

Polenta with mushrooms or game

A warm, golden polenta—soft or slightly firm—serves as the base for a rich sauce of porcini mushrooms or a fragrant…

Schlutzkrapfen

Schlutzkrapfen are delicate half‑moon ravioli with a thin dough made from rye or wheat, often slightly reddish in…

Schlutzkrapfen

Schlutzkrapfen are delicate half-moons of thin pasta, often slightly amber in color thanks to rye flour, filled with a…

Spinach Spätzle (Spinatspätzle)

Spinach Spätzle are small, irregular dumplings with a deep green color, soft and slightly springy. They are often…

Spinach Spätzle with cream and speck

Spinach Spätzle are small green dumplings with an irregular, soft shape, coated in a velvety cream sauce and dotted…

Roast pork knuckle with sauerkraut

Roast pork knuckle with sauerkraut arrives at the table imposing and golden, with crispy skin encasing tender, juicy…

Strauben

Strauben are spectacular spiral fritters, golden and light, piped directly into boiling oil to form a crisp rosette.…

South Tyrolean apple strudel

South Tyrolean apple strudel appears as a golden, fragrant roll, with an extremely thin pastry wrapped around a…

South Tyrolean Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)

South Tyrolean apple strudel appears as a golden roll of extremely thin pastry, almost translucent, enclosing a…

Tiroler Gröstl

Tiroler Gröstl is a hearty, aromatic skillet dish of browned potatoes, chunks of roast meat, and golden onions, often…

South Tyrolean Tirtlen

South Tyrolean Tirtlen are golden discs of thin dough, fried until crisp and lightly blistered, with a soft and…

Trio of canederli

The trio of canederli arrives on the plate like a small Alpine palette: three large bread dumplings, each with its own…

Smoked Alpine trout

Rosy fillets of Alpine trout, delicately smoked with mountain woods, reach the table with a subtle, resinous aroma…

South Tyrolean Zelten

South Tyrolean Zelten appears as a rustic, compact cake, dark in color and generously studded with dried fruit and…

South Tyrolean barley soup

South Tyrolean barley soup is a rustic, comforting dish, rich with pearl barley, cubes of smoked Speck, and mountain…

Free download

Take Trouvenir with you

iOS and Android. Free.

App Store Other platform

Privacy-firstCross-device syncOffline ready