Swiss cuisine

What do the Swiss eat? Only cheese and chocolate? You yourself guessed that no. To taste the variety of Swiss cuisine, you should go to gastronomic tours around the country or visit the places where you serve the national dishes of Switzerland. In the traditional recipe, the neighboring countries, as well as the way of life with a predominance of agriculture, left their strong word. Features of Swiss cuisine - in the minimum use of spices and herbs. But the national cuisine of Switzerland is not only widely known fondue and raclette, but also many other interesting and, most importantly, delicious dishes.

Soups and second courses

1. "Swiss cheese soup" with fried croutons. It is prepared on a meat broth with the addition of cream, hard sorts of cheese and greens.
2. "Barley soup from Graubünden," its second name is Grison soup. This is the favorite national dish of Swiss in winter after long walks. Under the recipe, something resembles rassolnik, but without salted cucumber and with the addition of cabbage and celery.
3. Gourmets will surprise another dish of Swiss cuisine - it's Basli flour soup. The recipe for French onion soup was changed - this turned out onion soup with a Swiss accent.
4. We recommend trying an unusual dish with an awesome name - cholera. The recipe for this food arose at the height of the cholera epidemics that raged across Europe. The ingredients are simple - potatoes, cheese, eggs and apples, but the taste is gorgeous.

The most popular snacks

1. It is worth trying "Geshnetzeltes" - a dish with a hard to pronounce name. This dish will help you get rid of stereotypes about unchanged meat sausages in Swiss cuisine and show all the beauty of the meat traditions of the country. There are various variations of recipes, but the original is prepared from beef.
2. The perch fillet is a traditional dish of Switzerland. It is fried in oil and served with lemon wedges. And on the side dish you will be offered boiled potatoes or roasted almonds.
3. Do not leave you indifferent spicy sausages from several types of meat with sauce and spices ("Knackerly") and snack in Bernese - pork, as well as ribs with sauerkraut, beans and potatoes. The dish arose after the victory of the Bernese army over the French in 1798, when the soldiers simply shared what they had.
4. Swiss cuisine stores many recipes for a variety of unusual sausages and sausages, which are very popular in the German part of Switzerland . For example, in Zurich you will be offered to taste delicious two-meter sausages.

Desserts and drinks

For lovers of sweet this section on an empty stomach is not recommended. Swiss national cuisine is replete with exquisite desserts, at the sight of which you forget about everything.

1. Basler Lackerli - delicious honey gingerbread with notes of citrus, their recipe dates from the 15th century. This main Christmas dessert was previously known only to the novices of the monasteries.
2. Muesli - yes, yes, once this dish was breakfasted by Swiss farmers. Later muesli began to be consumed in other European countries.
3. The cake "Tsuger Kirschtort" will not leave you indifferent either. This is a true piece of Swiss national cuisine from puff pastry and a delicate creamy cream with a cherry liqueur topped with nuts.
4. Among the producers of bakery products, the Swiss have no equal, they bake more than 300 types of bread. It is worth trying delicious air buns with a variety of fillings.

Among drinks at the Swiss wine is in demand - the influence of France is felt. Also popular are kirsch - cherry vodka, brandy from plums - "pfmlyumli" and "Williams" - pear brandy. From soft drinks in Switzerland, they prefer coffee, tea and fruit juices.