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Traditional Viennese Backfleisch with potato salad

Rezept
Wiener Küche
Rindfleisch

Traditional Viennese Backfleisch with potato salad is a tribute to traditional Viennese cuisine. Tender breaded beef, enhanced with mustard and horseradish, paired with a creamy potato salad – a dish full of flavor and Viennese charm that delights both the heart and palate.

Julian Lechner

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients (4 servings)
20 oz sirloin
7 tablespoon(s) tarragon mustard
3 tablespoon(s) grated horseradish
4 eggs
Flour
Breadcrumbs
Salt
  • Traditionally, Viennese Backfleisch (»fried meat«) is often made from previously cooked beef. The meat is then cut while cold and coated with a mixture of mustard and horseradish, breaded, and then fried.
  • However, you can also make Backfleisch from dry-aged sirloin. The raw slices (approx. 5.5 oz/150 grams) are then lightly tenderized (approx. 1/6 inch thick), salted, then coated with the mixture of tarragon mustard and grated horseradish (½ tablespoon each), classically breaded and finally fried for 2 ½ minutes. The moisture in the mustard ensures that the bread coating rises beautifully. 

Ingredients for the potato salad

Ingredients (4 servings)
1 kg waxy potatoes
1 1/3 cup(s) beef stock
4 tablespoon(s) tarragon mustard
1/2 cup(s) apple cider vinegar
2/3 cup(s) sugar
1 red onion
3/4 cup(s) sunflower oil
Pepper & salt
  • For the salad, cook the unpeeled potatoes in well-salted, gently boiling water and peel them while still warm. 
  • Bring the stock, mustard, apple cider vinegar, sugar and salt to a boil and mix in two of the potatoes with a hand blender to give the marinade a nice, smooth consistency.
  • Mix the peeled and thickly sliced potatoes with the warm marinade and add the finely chopped red onion. Now add the oil and season everything well with salt, sugar and pepper.
  • The potato salad is best served garnished with a little chives or lamb‘s lettuce and pumpkin seed oil.

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