Austria
Belgium
Estonia
Spain
The Netherlands
Ireland
Italy
Greece
Cyprus
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Malta
Poland
Portugal
France
Sweden
Germany
Slovakia
Slovenia
Finland
Great Britain
Denmark
Czech Republic
Hungary
Austria
Wiener schnitzel (Wiener Schnitzel)
Boiled beef with fried potatoes and vegetables (Tafelspitz)
Sautéed calf’s liver (geröstete Leber)
Linz cake (Linzertorte)
Sour milk soup (Stosuppe)
Barley porridge (Sterz)
Potato dumplings stuffed with meat (Fleischknödeln)
Dumplings stuffed with greaves (Grammelknödeln)
Pasty filled with plum jam (Plundertasche)
Sacher Cake (Sachertorte)
Apple strudel (Apfelstrudel)
Emperor’s Omelet (Kaiserschmarren)
Wine (Glühwein, Heuriger)
Café au lait (Melausch ehk Melange)
Belgium
Fish stew (waterzooi de poissons)
Chicken soup (Gentse waterzooi van kip)
French fries with vinegar or mayonnaise (frites)
Beef stew with beer (carbonnades flamandes)
Eels (anguilles)
Mussels (moules)
Chicken in aspic (aspic de volaille)
Cheese soup (potage de fromage)
Potato soup (potage de pommes de terre)
Mushroom soup with eggs (potage de champignons)
Calves kidneys with onions and potatoes (rognons braisées)
Fish with bacon (poissons bouilli)
Pancakes with egg cream (crêpes aux avelines)
Chocolate (praline, ballotin)
Beer(Gueuze, Trappist, Kriek-Lambic)
Wine
Estonia
Pea soup
Sauerkraut soup with pork
Baltic herring and sprat dishes
Beans with smoked meat
Mulgi porridge and pearl barley porridge with smoked bacon cubes
Mulgi sauerkraut with pork
Roast port with sauerkraut and potatoes
Pork headcheese with potatoes
Boiled pigs’ feet with beans
Blood sausage with cowberry and cranberry jam
Kama with kefir and sugar
Spain
Beef and vegetable stew (olla prodiga)
Chicken with pork (pollo con puerca)
Pork and liver ragout (sarrabulbo)
Salsa sauce (salsa)
Chicken and seafood paella (paella)
Potato omelet (tortilla de patatas)
Seafood casserole (zarzuela)
Squid in their ink (calamari)
Andalusian gazpacho (gazpacho andaluz)
Fish with chocolate (pescado con chocolate)
Omelet with mushroom and bacon (tortillas)
Almond flan (flan de almendras)
Sangria (sangria)
Sparkling wine (cavas)
Wines (tinto, blanco, clarete, rosado, tempranillo)
The Netherlands
Herring and fish salad (vischsalade)
Fish ragout with vegetables (vischragout)
Fried herring with cheese (gebraden haring)
Roast eel on a skewer (geroosted aal)
Salmon baked in wine (zalm gebakken)
Spaghetti with sauerkraut and bacon (amsterdam spaghetti)
Veal ragout (kalfragout)
Carrots with cheese and wieners (wortel)
Mussel sauce (mousselinesaus)
Mushroom sauce (champignonsaus)
Egg sauce (eiersaus)
Deep-fried raisin balls (oliekoek)
Beer (Heineken, Grolsch, Witbier, Bockbier, Amstel)
Gin with juniper berries (jenever)
Coffee with milk and egg yolk (koffie)
Ireland
Fried eggs with bacon and potatoes (fry-up)
Irish stew (Irish stew)
Irish stew with dumplings (Irish stew with dumplings)
Bacon rolls (Irish bacon rolls)
Chopped steaks (Irish steaks)
Bacon and sausage stew (coddle)
Potato pancake (boxty)
Batter bread (batter bread)
Soda bread (soda bread)
Potato bread (potato farl)
Irish pancakes with nutmeg and rum (Irish pancakes)
Lemon curd cake (lemon curd cake)
Chocolate cake with liqueur (chocolate cake)
Buttermilk scones (buttermilk scones)
Ice cream with rum (Dublin ice-cream bomb)
Beer (Guinness)
Whiskey
Shandy (shandy)
Irish coffee (Irish coffee)
Italy
Spaghetti (spaghetti)
Spaghetti alla Siciliano (spaghetti alla siciliano)
Spaghetti alla Bolognese (spaghetti bolognese)
Pasta (pasta)
Pizza (pizza)
Prosciutto ham with banana (prosciutto e banane)
Risotto alla Milanese (risotto alla milanese)
Tortellini and tortelloni (tortellini, tortelloni)
Tuna fish with almonds (tonno alle mandorle)
Sheep’s heart with artichokes (coratella d’abbacchio con carciofi)
Stewed chicks (pollo stufato)
Rabbit with rice (lepre al riso)
Grappa (grappa)
Wine (bianco, rosa)
Coffee (cappuccino, espresso, macchiato, streto, hag)
Aperitif (Cinzano, vermouth, Campari)
Greece
Spicy meatballs (keftedes)
Stuffed grape leaves (dolmades)
Souvlaki (souvlaki)
Moussaka (moussaka)
Seafood pilaf (thalassina)
Fish fillet with cucumber and sweet peppers (salamis)
Lamb roast in sheepskin (kjebah sto charti)
Greek bean-tomato-carrot soup (fassolatha, phassolada)
Snails with tomatoes and garlic (mydia)
Caviar mix with boiled potatoes (taramousalata)
Roast lamb in marinade (kleftiko)
Dessert of potato starch, sugar and rosewater (loukoumia)
Baklava (baklava)
Ouzo (ouzo)
Metaxa (metaxa)
Anise-flavored liqueur (raki)
Wine (retsina, Macedonia)
Cyprus
National dish with up to 30 courses (meze)
Dips, salads and other appetizers (mezedes)
Roast lamb in marinade (kleftiko)
Moussaka (moussaka)
Baked macaroni with cheese, cinnamon, and nutmeg (macaroni pastitsio)
Fried cheese with crispy salad, tomato or egg (kalimeras halloumi)
Cracked wheat (pourgouri)
Baked aubergines with garlic and fresh tomatoes (melintzanes yiahni)
Pie of spinach, feta cheese and eggs (spanakopitta)
Lentils, rice and onions (moukentra)
Beef stew (stifado)
Lamb with fresh herbs (souvla)
Roast meat with potatoes (ofto)
Filo pastry with a cream filling (galatopoureko)
Pastry strands soaked in syrup (kandaifi)
Rice pudding (rizogalo)
Creamy pudding with rosewater syrup (mahalepi)
Wine (Commandaria)
Brandy with lemon (Brandy Sour)
Lithuania
Potato casserole with smoked meat (plokstainis su rūkytu)
Herring fried with onions (silke su svoguūnais)
Potato dumplings stuffed with meat, mushrooms, or cheese (cepelinai)
Beer soup (alaus sriuba)
Carrot casserole (morku apkepas)
Potato casserole (plokštainis)
Stuffed potatoes (kimštos bulves)
Stuffed potato cakes (bulviu blyneliai)
Stuffed sausage slices (kimšti dešras)
Buckwheat and curd casserole (grikiu apkepas su varške)
Sour milk soup (rugusa pieniška sriuba)
Meat rolls stuffed with bread (jautienos vyniótinai)
Potato sausage (bulviu dešreles)
Honey liqueur (Stakliskes)
Beer (Utenos, Kalnapilis)
Kvass (gira)
Luxembourg
Green bean soup (bou’neschlupp)
Nettle soup (brennesselszopp)
Potato dumplings (gromperekniddelen)
Trout with Riesling sauce (f’rell am rèisleck)
Fried Mosel-style fish (friture)
Luxembourg-style mussels (moulen)
Smoked pork with beans (judd mat gaardebou’nen)
Tripe (kuddelfleck)
Suckling pig in aspic (fierkelsjhelli)
Pork in aspic (jhelli)
Special Carnival dessert (verwurrelt gedanken)
Potato fritters (gromper keeschelche)
Ham in hay (haam am hée)
Baked cheese (kach keis)
Plum tart (quetscheflued)
Gingerbread men (boxemännercher)
Wine (Riesling, pinot Gris, pinot blanc, pinot noir, auxerrois)
Coffee (kaffi)
Latvia
Herring snack (silke)
Roast herring (ogles septa silke)
Fried herring in onion sauce (cepta silke)
Herring casserole with potatoes (silku sacepums)
Pork stroganoff (kurzemes stroganovs)
Potato pancakes (kartupelu pankūkas)
Pork braised in onions (liellopa gala ar sīpoliem)
Cream sauce (skābā krējuma mērce)
Boiled cabbage pie (kāpostu pīrādzini)
Bread soup with fruit (maizes zupa)
Blueberry soup with dumplings (mellenu zupa)
Carrot curd cakes (burkanu plācenīši)
Riga Balsam
Cider (Lucky Dog)
Wine (agdam)
Malta
Stewed rabbit (stuffat tal-fenek)
Rabbit in curry sauce (fenek bil-carry)
Rabbit in garlic sauce (fenek-bit tewm)
Rabbit with red wine (fenek-bit bilimbid)
Baked macaroni with cheese and eggs (timpana)
Stuffed chicken (tiegiega mimlija)
Stewed octopus (stuffat tal-qarnit)
Baked almond and sesame seed rings (hobz (qaghaq) ta’ l-appostli)
Malta bread (tas-salib, tas-sikkina, ftira, tal-kexxun)
Honey rings (qaghaq tal-qastanija)
Sugar “bones” (ghadam tal-mejtin)
Marzipan cake (figolli)
Alcohol-free soft drink (kinnie)
Beer
Wine
Poland
Boiled or fried cabbage rolls (golabki)
Hunter’s stewed meat, or sauerkraut with meat and sausage (bigos)
Stewed meat with offal (mieso po mysliwu)
Coloured mashed potatoes (ziemniaki, piure kolorove)
Potato pancakes (placki kartoflane)
Meatloaf (klopsy)
Flounder with mushrooms (fladra z grzybami)
Baked eggs with rice (jaja zapiekane z ryzem)
Fried curd balls (racuszki z sera smazone)
Lvov-style cheese pascha (pascha ze Lwowa)
Poppy cakes (ciazteczka z makiem)
Grandmother’s curd cake (sernik babci)
Colored sweet vodka
Vodka with a blade of bison grass (zubrówka)
Herb vodka (krupnik)
Portugal
Fried beef on a skewer with garlic (espetada)
Cooked marinated pork (carne vinha d’ailhos)
Stewed cod with tomatoes and onions (bacalhau à Gomes de Sá)
Scrambled eggs with cod, tomatoes and onions (bacalhau à bràs)
Roast deep sea fish (espada)
Pork with clams (porco com amêijoas à alentenjana)
Tripe in the Porto style (tripa à moda do porto)
Squid roast (caldeirada de lulas à madeirense)
Cod balls (bolinhas de bacalhau)
Shrimps in special pepper sauce (camarão com piri-piri)
Cream cake (pastéis de nata)
Almond cake(bolo de amêndoa)
Wine (blanco, tinto, vinho verde, madeira)
Beer (coral)
France
Tart with cheese and ham or chocolate and berries (tarte flambée)
Fish fillet à la meunière (filets de poisson à la meunière)
Chicken or veal fricassee (fricassée de veau, fricassée de poulet)
Calves’ liver with mustard (foie de veau à la moutarde)
Béchamel sauce (sauce béchamel)
Parisian potatoes (pommes de terre parisienne)
Croissant or baguette (croissant, baguette)
Cream puffs (profiteroles)
Crêpes suzette (crepes suzette)
Baked Alaska (omelette en surprise)
Puff pastry (fleurons)
Champagne
Kir (kir)
Cognac (Armagnac, Marc, Hennessy)
Calvados (calvados)
Coffee (noir, expres, café au lait)
Mineral water
Sweden
Grandmother’s herring salad (mormors sillsallad)
Salmon soup (halländsk laxsoppa)
Baltic herring rolls with onions (strömminglåda)
Flounder rolls with crayfish and tomato sauce (musselfylld rödspätta i tomatsås)
Cooked pigs’ feet with vegetables (kokt grisbog med rotfrukter)
Roast lamb with parsley (persiljespäckad lammstek)
Stuffed ground meat casserole (fylld färstimbal)
Swedish fish balls (fiskbullar)
Crisp bread (knäckebröd)
Raisin candy (russinchoklad)
Glogg
Vodka (brännvin, Absolut vodka)
Aquavit
Germany
Herring and rice in aspic (Sulz nach Hamburger Art)
Herring and bacon rolls (Speckrollmöpse)
Ground meat soup (Hackfleischsuppe)
Liver dumplings (Leberklösse)
Packets of baked fish (Tütenfische)
Cooked meatballs (Klops)
Liver balls (Leberknödel)
Pot roast (Sauerbraten)
Liver stewed with apples (Leber mit Äpfeln)
Bacon sauce (Specksosse)
Sour milk jelly (Sauermilchgelee)
Apple froth (Apfelschaum)
Pumpernickel (Pumpernickel)
Beer (pilsen, export, alt)
Wine (Rhine wine)
Slovakia
Cabbage soup with smoked meat (kapustnica)
Bean, carrot and parsley soup (fazul’ová polievka)
Potato pancakes (zemiaková placka)
Pork ribs (rebierko)
Pork liver (bravčová pečen)
Pork schnitzel (vyprážany bravčovy rezen)
Pork chops in dough (Parížsky bravčovy rezen)
Roast pork with garlic (cigánska pečienka)
Roast smoked cheese with ham (vypráÏany oštiepok so šunkou)
Goose liver (husacia pečienka)
Cabbage pelmeni (strapačky s kapustou)
Roast beef with onions (viedenská roštenka)
Stuffed red peppers (plnená paprika)
Stuffed cabbage (plnená kapusta)
Beef stew with sweet peppers, pepper, onions, and tomatoes (hovädzí guláš)
Chicken on a skewer (kura na špíze)
Chicken breast with ham and cheese (vyprážané morčacie prsia plnenè syrom a šunkou)
Wine (tokaj, varené víno, burčiak, biele, Červené)
Plum brandy(slivovica)
Juniper berry brandy (borovicka)
Slovenia
Young stallion meat cutlet (žrebičkov zrezek)
Rabbit stew (divjačinski gola?)
Rabbit and potato goulash (prekmurski bograč)
Browned soup with eggs and chervil (prežganka)
Vegetable stew (šara)
Stuffed noodles (koroški polnjeni nudelni)
Corn mush (zganci)
Pork with grated turnips (bujta repa)
Rolled cake with bacon filling (bela krajina špehovka)
Sweet bread (potica)
Steamed yeast dumplings (cmoki)
Kranji sausage (kranjske klobase)
Koroška cake (koroška šarkel)
Wine (Rizling, Muskat Otonel, Rizvanec, Tokaj, Teran, Cvicek)
Beer (Lasko, Union)
Finland
Stewed perch (ahvenmuhennos)
Stuffed pike (täytetty hauki)
Slightly salted salmon (graavilohi)
Blood sausage (mustamakkara)
Baltic herring patties (silakkapihvit)
Veal rolls (vasikankääryleet)
Cabbage rolls (kaalikääryleet)
Browned cabbage (ruskeutettu valkokaali)
Fried turnips (lanttupihvit)
Karelian pies (karjalanpiirakat)
Yeast bread (pulla)
Oatmeal flummery (kaurakiisseli)
Rosehip soup (ruusunmarjakeitto)
Baked rye malt flour porridge (mämmi)
Butter porridge (voipuuro)
Chocolate pudding (suklaapuuro)
Cookie cream (pappilan hätävara)
Vanilla cookies (vaniljakakut)
Homemade beer(kilju, sahti)
Homebrew (pontikka)
Great Britain
Turbot gratin with tomatoes (turbot gratin with tomatoes)
Beefsteak (beefsteak)
Roast beef (roast beef)
Steak and kidney pie (steak and kidney pie)
Scotch broth (scotch broth)
Eggs with frankfurters (eggs with frankfurters)
Eggs in flesh (eggs in flesh)
Haggis (haggis)
Crowdie (crowdie)
Glamorgan sausages (selsig morgannwg, glamorgan sausage)
Yorkshire pudding (Yorkshire pudding)
Plum pudding (plum pudding)
Welsh cakes (welsh cakes)
Tea
Gin (gin)
Whiskey (whisky, whiskey, scotch)
Sherry
Denmark
Caraway herring (kommensild)
Eggs stuffed with herring salad (fyld aeg)
Warm herring casserole (sillkage)
Crispy lean meat in its own juice (brændende kærlighed)
Cabbage rolls with rice and meat (forlorne kyllinger)
Cabbage casserole (kalpudding)
Beer bread porridge (øllebrød)
Apples with bacon (æbleflæsk)
Rye bread with whipped cream or Danish farm girl (danska pige)
Marzipan cookies (kransekage)
Biscuit layer cake with fruit and whipped cream (lågskåge)
Chocolate milk (Cocio)
Beer (Carlsberg, Tuborg)
Wine (kartulisnaps, Gammel Dansk)
Czech Republic
Gypsy stew with pork (zbojnická pečínka )
Stewed veal (klopsy z telecího masa)
Tomatoes stuffed with fish (rajčata plnená rybou)
Tomato soup with cheese (rajská polévka se syrem)
Bean soup smoked meat (polévka fazolová s uzenym masem)
Fish in dark sauce (kapr načerno)
Plum dumplings (švestkové knedlíky)
Scrambled eggs with sausage and paprika (míchaná vejce se salámem a paprikami)
Potato dumpling (knedlíky ze bramborů)
Baked rice (ryže dušená v troube)
Kidney bean dessert (dezert z fazoli)
Curd or poppy pie (české koláče)
Beer (pilsner, budweiser)
Liqueur (becherovka)
Slivovitz
Plum brandy
Hungary
Hungarian goulash (gulyásleves)
Cabbage with meat and sausage (erdélyi rakottkáposzta)
Veal, lamb and pork stew (pörkölt)
Carp stewed in paprika (pontypörkölt)
Stuffed cabbage rolls (töltött káposzta)
Paprika chicken (tyúkpaprikás)
Sauerkraut soup with sausage (korhelyleves)
Fish soup with paprika (halászlé)
Stewed potatoes with sour cream (tejfeles burgonya)
Hungarian crisp bread (lángos)
Caramel layer cake with chocolate filling (dobos torta)
Wine (Tokaj, Juhfarki, Egri Bikavér)
Fruit wine (pálinka)
Bitter herbal liqueur (Unicum)
Source: “Ümber Euroopa” - AS Tänapäev, 2004
Links for additional information:
Growing Green in Latvia
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Finfood - Hyvää Suomesta
Food from Sweden
Ireland - The Food Island
Food from Britain
Centrale Marketing-Gesellschaft der deutschen Agrarwirtschaft mbH
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