Retrospective
A look back on five years of Helvetic Kitchen.
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.
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.
Bread and cheese stuffed into petite patty pans, then baked until melty. The perfect summer fondue.
A perfect storm of sweet toasted bread and blueberries spiked with cream.
If you’ve had a salad at a Swiss restaurant, chances are it looked a bit like this.
A bready base, topped with sour cream is canton Jura’s best-known dish.
Heidelbeerenwähe is the perfect way to use a pint of blueberries, and it makes a satisfying snack or even dinner.
Featured on the summer menu of Langnau's Gasthof Bären, this homemade version is easy, quick, satisfying, and on the table in less than half an hour.
A deeply satisfying chocolate cake with a moist, almost fudgy middle. It tastes great warm from the oven, or after a few days in the fridge.
The perfect vehicle for glorious Swiss fruit.
Chubby buckwheat dumplings from canton Graubünden.
Chocolate mousse with a pear-y twist.
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).
The Wähe, tart for all seasons, is the perfect vehicle for your rhubarb haul.
A lovely light pasta dish from the Italian part of Switzerland— chicken in a tomato sauce over spaghetti.
Who doesn’t love a streusel cake? This one has a creamy quark filling and can be topped with your fruit of choice (especially rhubarb!)
Carrots wrapped in bacon and then roasted—the perfect side dish.
Spargelzeit! There is plenty of asparagus in this creamy risotto.
These flattened meatballs are staple of Swiss comfort cooking, and covered in a creamy mushroom sauce.
Put those pesky dandelions to use and make this sweet, summery dandelion honey. Sunshine in a jar.
These plump croissants are a Swiss bakery staple, stuffed with a sweet nut filling.
