Restaurants in Trentino Alto Adige: Top 10

The 10 best restaurants in Trentino Alto Adige

Restaurants in Trentino

The Trentino Alto Adige

Restaurants in Trentino

The Trentino Alto Adige is a region located in Northern Italy, on the border with Austria and Switzerland. Its inhabitants have undergone a strong Austrian influence, so much so that they speak both Italian and German fluently.

This strong influence also manifests itself naturally in cooking. However, a clear distinction must be made between the two provinces of Trento and Bolzano, which belong to the areas of Trentino and Alto Adige respectively. The cuisine naturally changes in the two provinces, thanks to the different influences that these territories have undergone over the years. Let's see which are the best restaurants in Trentino Alto Adige.

The Trentino cuisine

Restaurants in Trentino

The Trentino cuisine is very rich and substantial, suitable for the harsh winter climate and low temperatures. This type of cuisine is very varied with foods coming from the land, vegetables and fruit, red meats and freshwater fish, which abound in the waterways.

Among the first courses there are Canederli, or large dumplings made of stale bread, flavored with many herbs, cold cuts and cheeses; they are often served with their own cooking sauces, with the classic butter and sage seasoning, or even with tomato sauce. A first course similar to Canederli are strozzapreti, made with stale bread and flavored with spinach. Soups also represent a good alternative and in Trentino they are prepared for all tastes, from barley and vegetable soups to yellow flour soups with sauerkraut.

The typical second courses of this area are divided between meat and fish. Among the meat dishes there are stew, Osèi scampadi, a sort of saltimbocca prepared with meat, lard and sage, and Carne salada, a cured meat typically served with a bean salad. As for fish dishes, however, the salmon trout are the masters in the entire Trentino cuisine.

The most famous desserts

Restaurants in Trentino

The most famous dessert is Strudel, made with apple. The main ingredients of Strudel are obviously apples, raisins, nuts and crumbled biscuits. It is usually served accompanied by a sprinkling of icing sugar, whipped cream or, for the more industrious, a good custard to be made at the moment.

The other typical desserts of the area are Strauben, a fried dessert made with flour, milk and grappa, Grostoi, the classic Italian Chiacchere, Smorrn, a sort of rolled and shredded Crêpe, and finally Vanillekipferl, Christmas vanilla biscuits in the shape of a croissant.

The South Tyrolean cuisine

Restaurants in Trentino Alto Adige

Restaurants in Trentino

The South Tyrolean cuisine, on the other hand, is much more inspired by the cuisine of neighboring Austria. Here too, among the first courses we cannot fail to mention the Canederli, flavored in this case with Speck. Another traditional first course are the Spätzle, dumplings cooked in boiling salted water, seasoned with butter and cream.

Second courses are mainly represented by various meat dishes. In fact, in addition to finding the classic lamb shoulder and traditional sausages, you can also find mutton, or deer and roe deer meat.Here too, of course, trout is a common fish and is cooked in many different ways, for example with mushrooms, flavored with dill and smoked when cooking, to give it a good, intense rustic and traditional flavour.

When it comes to desserts, the buckwheat cake, typical Tyrolean, cannot be missing, it is prepared with equal parts of buckwheat flour, butter, sugar, grated almonds and the addition of eggs.

Now we bring you the name of 10 Best Restaurants in Trentino Alto Adige where you can taste these delicious typical dishes.

Terra Auener Hof" by Sarentino - The chef's style is linear: simplify, dry, concentrate without resorting to superfluous fats, enhancing the raw materials and refining even the most demanding ones such as, for example, the cauliflower which is presented dehydrated, creamed with balsamic vinegar and marinated in herbs.

St. Hubertus of San Cassiano in  Badia - excellence for the territoriality and seasonality of the products, combined to evoke tradition.

Jasmin di Chiusa -  only two tasting menus, one seafood and one surprise, to be indicated at the time of booking.

Trenkerstube di Castel Tirolo - The basis of this cuisine are fresh and natural ingredients, personally chosen by Gerhard Wieser. Many of these basic products come from the region.

Gourmetstube Einhorn by Mules - dishes with a special touch that combine tradition and modernity, local peculiarities and global inspirations, consolidated and always new recipes, to offer an exclusive taste experience

Locanda Margon (Ravina di Trento) - Two journeys into taste: research, with the Ferrari bubbles that become an integral part of the dish, and the territory, with the celebration of Trentino culture.

Restaurants in Trentino Alto Adige

El Molin (Cavalese) - has been experimenting with unusual raw materials, such as lichens, for more than twenty years, or perfecting ancient recipes that have lost some of their luster. His is a cuisine that smells of smoke, of woodland herbs, of a hunting lodge.

Malga Panna (Moena) - his cuisine is a very personal revision of the Trentino gastronomic culture, from which it takes its typical products and traditional preservation methods.

Chimpl (Vigo di Fassa) - Ideas inspired by nature are transformed into a cuisine with an ancient heart but innovative in technique, immediate in enhancing the taste of meat, freshwater fish and many other goodies.

Il Gallo Cedrone, Madonna di Campiglio - A continuous search for quality raw materials, artisanal productions, culinary curiosities from a harsh mountain area but rich in tradition and authenticity

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