TRADITIONAL FOODS
Rösti are potato pancakes that are
eaten throughout the country today.
Geschnetzeltes are thin strips of veal made with mushrooms in a cream sauce served with rösti.
Luganighe and Luganighetta are sausages from the Ticino region.
Cervelat is the national sausage and available throughout the country.
Papet vaudois is
a dish made with leeks and sausage.
Fondue is a dish known and loved all over the world.
Raclette is a meal made with hot melted cheese.
Fotzel slices (a fotzel is a scrap of paper) is a dish made from leftover bread.
Zopf is a typical bread eaten on Sundays.
Birchermuesli is the brainchild of health guru Dr. Max Bircher-Benner and is a type of muesli.
Älplermagronen is a pasta dish made with bacon, potatoes and onion that’s covered with cheese and served with apple sauce.
Tirggel are thin cookies made at Christmas time.
Polenta (a maize dish) is a staple dish in many homes.
Risotto made with saffron.
Graubünden soup is a barley soup from the region with the same name.
Pizokel is a cabbage dish.
Bündner Nusstorte is a nut cake from the Engadine valley.
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