An Evening in Vienna: Wiener Schnitzel, Red Cabbage, Spätzle, Roast Potatoes, and Sächer Torte

Meine Lieblinge! Throw the dachshunds out of the kitchen! Raus! Fetch the accordions! Start the polkas! We’re off to Vienna, Dollinks! I’d normally suggest we break into a Viennese waltz, but all those musicians and all those ball gowns and all that twirling are far too distracting in my kitchen! So don your dirndls and lederhosen, meine Schätze, and - almost in time for Oktoberfest - let’s make Wiener Schnitzel - one of my favorite dinners! With it, we’ll prepare a little Red Cabbage, Spätzle, Roast Potatoes, or Hot Potato Salad. Invite the neighbors, because this meal makes plenty! 

To hurry things along, peel the potatoes and start the cabbage in the afternoon. The schnitzel takes no time at all, but you can do some advance preparation there, too. The spätzle is fiddly, but even it can be done in advance. This is a wonderful meal, made better only with a slice of Sächer Torte, which I usually prepare the day before.