Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
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This classic Swiss tea cake is chock full of nuts and chocolate and has a wonderfully tender crumb.
A gloriously creamy cake with quark, plums and streusel as the base and topping.
A feast platter of epic proportions.
A lovely, coffee-flavoured cake for birthdays and beyond.
Featuring meringue, fruit and whipped or ice cream, this pavlova-like cake is the perfect summer dessert.
This firm semolina pudding is a Swiss childhood classic.
I can’t think of anything more comforting than these cheesy mashed potatoes, formed into dumplings, basted in butter and baked in the oven.
This classic family favourite borrows five ‘p’s from the Italians—pomodoro, Parmigiano, panna, prezzemolo, pepe—but seems to be Swiss at heart.
Available at every Swiss gas station and bakery throughout the country, these sausage rolls are a favourite quick lunch for manual labourers and students (and everyone else).
These flattened meatballs are staple of Swiss comfort cooking, and covered in a creamy mushroom sauce.
A seriously simple way to upgrade your Rösti.
Another Swiss family favourite, these puff pastry swaddled sausages are simple, nostalgic, and delicious.
Glimmering in Swiss bakery windows are the weighty Vogelnestli (bird’s nests), with a buttery base and nutty meringue border filled with jam.
The recipe for this dish was first published in the 1977 Betty Bossi cookbook Kochen für Gäste and upon publication all the pork tenderloin in Switzerland was sold out.
For many, Riz Casimir is a nostalgic classic from Swiss childhood.
A versatile toast from the Entlebuch, sweet and savoury, where creamy mushrooms are the star of the show.
Perfect for apéro (or anytime), these ham croissants are flaky on the outside and savoury on the inside.
Rice pudding on a bed of applesauce and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Classic comfort food.
When my Canadian friends were invited for dinner, my mum made this crowd-pleaser, which we’d refer to as Swiss Hamburger Helper.
Although it’s now an absolute standard of Swiss cuisine, the famous dish Zürich Geschnetzeltes (or Züri Gschnätzlets in dialect) is relatively modern, first appearing in the late 1940s.
