Austria and red walnuts

After Slovenia we entered Austria, and the first place we visited was Graz.

And then we moved on to Vienna (Wien), to stay with my husband's cousins, Imogen and Günther. What a beautiful city is Vienna, so ...musical!

Of course I had to go to the Hotel Sacher to try the famous Sachertorte, which was delicious.

Also we ate apple strudel, and watched the demo in the bakery at Schönbrunn Palace.

We spent a whole day just in the Palace and its gardens, and it is worth it!

Imogen and Günther live outside Vienna and have a walnut plantation. One tree produces red walnuts, I have never seen them before: the shell is brown like for normal walnuts, and the taste is the same, but the colour of the kernels is incredible, like a bright red radicchio. We took some home with us.

We ate most of the walnuts by themselves, but I also put them in salad (here with rocket, dressed with extra virgin olive oil, lemon and salt). I will use the rest to decorate biscuits, since they are ever so pretty! Thank you Imogen and Günther ;-)!

Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©