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!
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 ©
Isn't Schoenbrunn just lovely? We had cake at the Glorietta and the peach and poppyseed cheesecake and view made me very happy, glad you had a safe trip.
ReplyDeleteVienna, che bellezza!Ricordo di un we lungo tarscorso tra la città e Schonbrun...una favola!
ReplyDeleteLe noci rosse non le ho mai sentite, sarebbero da assaggiare!
Bacione e buon tour!
The Sacher chocolate cake is so nice!
ReplyDeleteWow, I have never seen red walnuts, Alessandra, and to think you could pick them off your in-laws' trees! What lovely photographs of your incredible trip. I love that little pink dress. :)
ReplyDeleteRed walnute! So neat. :) Mmm Sacher torte.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, I love the little pink dress too :-) but it was too small for me, and not exactly my daughter's Style!
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What a fabulous holiday you are having. I love your photos and am really curious how the walnuts came to be red. Curious, no? Have a great day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteThat cake looks wonderful, and your trip is getting more and more interesting by the post!
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