Culinary Way Of St. James: Paznaun Opens Seven Pleasure Hiking Routes

The starting signal for the pleasure hiking season in Paznaun has been given: With the ceremonial opening of the 15th Culinary Way of St. James at the Ischgl Gourmet Market and the hut festival in the Alpenhaus, gourmets in Paznaun can now look forward to great pleasure in the high mountains again. Until September 19, 2023, seven pleasure routes lead to seven huts and a very special dish that local gourmet chefs have created especially for their hut from high-quality, regional ingredients. In addition, hut festivals set summery accents.

The Culinary Way of St. James was officially opened with the gourmet market on July 7th. © Bernhard Gruber
At the start of the 15th Culinary Way of St. James, the Paznaun gave its guests a weekend full of great pleasure in glorious weather. On July 7, 2023, this year's star chefs and hut keepers introduced themselves to their visitors and solemnly spoiled them with their Way of St. James dishes at the Ischgl gourmet market. Austria's youngest 5-toque chef, Benjamin Parth, gave his guests a desire for more and a good foretaste of the leisurely hiking season and the upcoming hut festivals on Sunday, July 9th at the first hut festival in the Alpenhaus.

Delight in the high mountains

From now until September 19th, the pleasure routes of the Culinary Way of St. James with starting points in Ischgl, Galtür, Kappl and See will take you through one of the most diverse hiking regions in Austria to a real treat. Always in view: the majestic mountains with imposing peaks such as the Flühhorn, Blankakopf or Rotpleiskopf.

Starting in Ischgl , the Alpenhaus presents Benjamin Parth’s “Tomato with Lasagne and Galtürer Almkäse”, the Heidelberger Hütte “Stuffed peppers with tomato sauce on potato-lemon puree” by Patrick Raass and the Friedrichshafener Hütte “Plucked piglet, potato coleslaw and onion cream” by #YoungChefsPaznaun . In Galtür , the #YoungChefsPaznaun “Common nettle ravioli on barley, mountain cheese and endive” and Hermann Huber’s “Erdäpfelnocken with deer, porcini mushrooms, wild herbs and mountain cheese” in the Faulbrunn Alm await pleasure hikers at the Jamtalhütte. Those who start from See will be spoiled at the Ascherhütte with "Beef 'Alpin', yeast bread and wild herbs" by Andreas Spitzer and the Almstüberl rewards Kappl-Guests with Martin Sieberer's "Crispy breast of young alpine piglet with greaves semolina dumplings".

Good to know : The seven huts have been chosen so that pleasure pilgrims can explore them on relaxed mountain walks or by e-bike. The Alpenhaus can even be easily reached by gondola. If you take the direct route to the seven huts of the Culinary Way of St. James, you will need a maximum of two and a half hours of hiking. All information about the participating cooks, huts and the recipes for download: here .

Celebrate festivals as they come

The hut festivals of the Culinary Way of St. James provide very special moments of pleasure. Here, visitors experience the star chef godfather up close at show cooking in the high mountains and are spoiled with music with the hut's own Way of St. James dish. Where in the Paznaun which chefs provide when for great enjoyment?

• 07/21/2023 : Hut festival in the Almstüberl with Martin Sieberer
• 07/30/2023 : Hut festival at the Friedrichshafener Hütte with the #YoungChefsPaznaun
• August 13, 2023 : Hut festival at the Heidelberger Hütte with Patrick Raass
• 08/20/2023 : Hut festival at the Ascherhütte with Andreas Spitzer
• 08/27/2023 : Hut festival at the Jamtalhütte with the #YoungChefsPaznaun
• 09/16/2023 : Hut festival on the Faulbrunn Alm with Hermann Huber

Further information at www.paznaun-ischgl.com .