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.
This is a pretty simple no-bake dessert—cookie crust plus ganache top—and you can use most kinds of chocolate, including Easter leftovers.
Whipped Coffee, or Dalgona coffee, is the viral hit of the lockdown, and it has two connections to Switzerland.
The classic Swiss Easter tart, with rice pudding filling, in bunny form.
A seriously simple way to upgrade your Rösti.
Another Swiss family favourite, these puff pastry swaddled sausages are simple, nostalgic, and delicious.
Popular for children’s birthday parties, and easy for kids to make, this no-bake dessert can (arguably) be put together with things you already have in your pantry.
A dish of many names, Rispor from canton Uri is basically leek risotto, heavy on the leeks, with a big pile of grated Sbrinz cheese stirred in at the end.
Sometimes you just need bread and chocolate, and these big buttery buns are the perfect solution.
An incredibly simple, sweet Wähe, with a cream filling.
A cheesy classic from my mother-in-law’s kitchen and my husband’s favourite meal from childhood.
Glimmering in Swiss bakery windows are the weighty Vogelnestli (bird’s nests), with a buttery base and nutty meringue border filled with jam.
Bursting with jam and topped with almond paste, this delicious traybake is perfect for Zvieri.
This is a classic bread pudding cake from Ticino, with as many versions as there are Nonnas in the canton.
Perfect for stale bread and leftover cheese, this bake is easy and delicious.
Magentraes is a pretty pink spiced sugar made in canton Glarus.
Honigmilch is a kind of cure-all in parts of Switzerland, with benefits ranging from sleeping better and lowering blood pressure, to curing a cold or reducing anxiety.
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.
Tannenzapfen, the German word for pine cone, makes the perfect design (and pun) for my festive Zopf, which is stuffed with raisins and candied peel, and decorated to look as though it’s fallen from a huge bready tree.
Need a last minute, homemade Christmas gift? Try out this easy homemade granola that tastes like gingerbread.
Perfect for numerous festive recipes, you can add candied peel wherever dried fruit is found, and it makes an elegant garnish to cakes and desserts.
