Food of Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein's cuisine is Alpine and hearty, close to Swiss and Austrian cooking. Corn semolina, potatoes, cheese, dumplings and sausages are the base, with dairy from mountain pastures. Dishes are simple, filling and warming.

Kasknopfle
National dish

Kasknopfle

Small soft dumplings tossed with melted mountain cheese and fried onions.

Staples

  • cheese
  • potatoes
  • corn semolina
  • flour
  • beef
  • butter
  • cream

Signature flavors

  • onion
  • nutmeg
  • chives
  • parsley
  • caraway

Main dishes

Kasknopfle
Kasknopfle

Small soft dumplings tossed with melted mountain cheese and fried onions.

Key ingredients: flour, eggs, Alpine cheese, onions
Ribel

Toasted corn semolina cooked until crumbly and served with milk coffee or apple compote.

Key ingredients: corn semolina, milk, butter
Schnitzel
Schnitzel

Breaded veal cutlet.

Key ingredients: veal, breadcrumbsFull guide →

Breakfast

Birchermuesli
Birchermuesli

Soaked oats with apple.

Key ingredients: oats, appleFull guide →

Soups

Barley soup

Vegetable and barley soup.

Key ingredients: barley, carrots, celery

Breads

Zopf
Zopf

Braided white bread.

Key ingredients: flour, butter, milk

Desserts and sweets

Apple strudel
Apple strudel

Spiced apples in thin pastry.

Key ingredients: apples, pastryFull guide →
Nusstorte

Walnut tart.

Key ingredients: walnuts, caramel
Kuchen
Kuchen

Seasonal fruit tart.

Key ingredients: plums, pastry

Drinks

Apple juice
Apple juice

Pressed from local apples.

Key ingredients: apples
Coffee
Coffee

Milk coffee.

Key ingredients: coffee, milk
Hot chocolate
Hot chocolate

Rich cocoa.

Key ingredients: cocoa, milk

Fruits and produce

Apples
Apples

Orchard apples.

Key ingredients: cakes, juice
Cherries
Cherries

Alpine cherries.

Key ingredients: tarts
Pears
Pears

Local pears.

Key ingredients: bread
Plums
Plums

Sweet plums.

Key ingredients: jam

Dish guides from Liechtenstein

Apple strudel
Apple strudelDesserts and sweets
Muesli
MuesliBreakfast
Wiener schnitzel
Wiener schnitzelMain dishes
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About this page

Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.

Photo credits
  • Berggasthof Haldenhof - Käsknöpfle (1): © 1971markus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Wiener-Schnitzel02: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Dorset Cereals muesli: Mx. Granger, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Oster-Zopf Allerheiligenstriezel: Manfred Scheibelauer, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Strudel: che, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Raspberry tart: ChickenGrass, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Apfelsaft im Glas: Verband der deutschen Fruchtsaftindustrie e.V., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Latte and dark coffee: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Chocolate cup Chantilly porcelain 18th century: World Imaging, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Cherry season (48216568227): spurekar, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Pears: Keith Weller, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Plums African Rose - whole, halved and slice: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)