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🇨🇭Basel, Switzerland

Basel Cheese Tart

Basler Käsewähe

An open cheese tart from Basel with a custard-and-cheese filling of Gruyère or Emmentaler baked in a shortcrust shell.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Carac

A small tart of chocolate ganache in a shortcrust shell, finished with a lurid green fondant lid and a chocolate dot.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Carnival Fritters

Fasnachtschüechli

A paper-thin round of dough stretched over a knee or a cloth, deep-fried until it blisters, and dusted with icing sugar.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Cheese Tartlet

Chäschüechli

A small open pastry case filled with a set custard of cheese, egg and cream, eaten warm in the hand.

🇨🇭Valais, Switzerland

Cholera Pie

Cholera

A covered pie of potato, apple, leek, cheese and bacon, named after an epidemic during which villagers cooked with whatever was in the cellar.

🇨🇭Graubünden, Switzerland

Chur Meat Pie

Churer Fleischtorte

A round shortcrust pie filled with seasoned minced meat, onions and herbs, baked until golden and eaten hot or cold from bakery windows in Chur.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Crackling Pastry

Taillé aux greubons

Puff pastry folded with pork crackling scraps, salted and baked in flat strips, sold by the piece at bakeries and markets.

🇨🇭Graubünden, Switzerland

Engadine Nut Tart

Bündner Nusstorte

A closed shortcrust tart filled with caramelised walnuts and cream, dense and chewy, made to travel and keep for weeks.

🇨🇭Lucerne, Switzerland

Luzerner Chuegelipastete

Luzerner Chuegelipastete is a tall puff-pastry case filled with veal meatballs, mushrooms and creamy sauce.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Nut Croissant

Nussgipfel

A crescent of yeasted pastry packed with a ground hazelnut filling, glazed and baked, sold at every bakery counter.

🇨🇭Bern, Switzerland

Onion Tart

Zibelechueche

An open tart of sliced onions, cream, eggs and bacon on a yeast or shortcrust base, baked until golden and slightly caramelised.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Vol-au-Vent

Pastetli

A tall puff pastry case filled with veal, chicken or mushrooms in a cream sauce, with a pastry lid set back on top.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Wähe

A thin open tart on a large round base, filled either with fruit and a milk-and-egg custard or with cheese, onion or vegetables.