What to eat in Switzerland, what to try and taste, how not to make gaffe, what not to miss absolutely of the gastronomy of Switzerland to make your holiday complete.
Just at the beginning of this fall, for academic reasons, I found myself for a few days in Switzerland, exactly a Lugano, therefore Italian Switzerland. Very nice and welcoming city, perhaps a little too expensive, overlooking the splendid lake of the same name and which gives it that postcard aspect.
Now I won't be here to talk to you about how beautiful Lugano is and Switzerland in general, from the snow-capped mountains to the crystalline lakes, but I will talk to you about a much more satisfying topic: what to eat. Because you know, a few hours of trekking, a walk on the course, at some point you get hungry!
Well, once and for all: in Switzerland you eat well!
I can safely say that in Lugano and throughout Switzerland (at least the one I have visited) there are fantastic culinary specialties, capable of satisfying every palate; their melting pot of Italian, French and German culture manages to create a combination of dishes and flavors that you can find in very few places.
Draw up a ranking of 5 typical dishes of Switzerland is, due to the influence of neighboring states, extremely difficult, so I will list my very personal list of the 5 foods what advice not to be missed if you went for a trip to the land of chocolate, that's it.
Swiss Chocolate
If there is one thing you have to do as soon as you get off the train, it is go and buy a chocolate bar. Lindt, does it tell you anything? Well, it is the Swiss Rodolphe Lindt who has exponentially increased the sale of Conchieren (dark chocolate) abroad.
It is really good in all chocolate shops and in all tastes (well, it's a bit obvious), but I recommend the Laderach Chocolaterie Suisse, right in the center of Lugano. It will be hard to stop eating in there.
Olma - Bratwurst
Incredibly good! It's not a sausage, it is the sausage. Considered a national heritage by the transalpines, it is the real sausage for grilling. True connoisseurs recommend eating it with your hands and without mustard, considered by the Eastern Swiss even offensive if eaten with brautwurst.
So please, no gaffe!
Alplermagronen
They come from central Switzerland and are loved throughout the region. I'm a dish based on macaroni, cheese, potatoes, cream and onions. A little heavy as a dish but extremely good and nutritious. A decidedly winter dish, very often accompanied by an apple compote.
Zuger Kirshtorte
Better known as the pie al Kirsh of Zug, recently registered in the Register as a protected geographical indication. About 250.000 are packaged in the Canton of Zug, using about 15.000 liters of high-grade Kirsch. It is a round cake made up of a biscuit soaked in Kirsch and placed between two crumbly discs. It has an intense, creamy and crunchy taste. Absolutely to try, you can find it not only in the Canton of Zug, but in many other areas of Switzerland; certainly that of Zug is another thing.
Swiss cheese
Each canton, each country has its own types of cheeses, what accumulates them is Swiss milk. Emmental, Tete de Moine, the Vacherin and many others, can recreate an unrepeatable culinary experience through a fondue or raclette. And if I can give you a piece of advice, Switzerland's many dairies open to the public are a must see.
