Many people associate Switzerland with amazing chocolate, but they also make incredible desserts of all types. Swiss chefs make desserts that are stunning and delicious, featuring both fruit and decadent chocolate.
If you’re ready to explore a new world of tasty treats, here’s a list of 10 amazing dessert recipes from Switzerland that are sure to impress.
1. Bündner Nusstorte
Bündner Nusstorte looks like a cross between your grandma’s pie and a giant cookie.It’s also known as Swiss walnut cake or Swiss nut pastry.Depending on the recipe you use, this treat might remind you of a huge golden Oreo.
No matter how it looks, Bündner Nusstorte has a very distinctive flavor.It is wonderfully nutty and not too strong for a dessert.
2. Swiss Chocolate Squares with Icing
I’ve decided to start and finish with chocolate because the Swiss are known for their chocolate creations.
Although making these squares takes a bit of time, they are not difficult to prepare. This is the perfect dish for any chocolate enthusiast in your life.
This dessert offers a double blast of chocolatey delight. Make the squares with unsweetened chocolate, butter, flour, sugar, and other ingredients. After that, top them with milk chocolate icing and pecan halves.
3. Spitzbuben
Even though these cookies are most popular in Germany, the Swiss also make them during the holiday season. They are usually star-shaped and showcase a jam filling between two layers of almond shortcrust pastry.
With the cookie cutters you love, you can shape these cookies however you like. Make sure to use two cookie cutters: one to create the overall shape, and another to cut a smaller shape from the center.
For the filling, use jam or jelly that has a tart flavor.
4. Swiss Pears and Chocolate
You can make this dessert if you know how to melt chocolate and open a can of pears. With practically no effort, you can make this delicious Swiss dessert.
The process is all about layering the ingredients. Add the whipped cream and chocolate after you slice the pears.
Add a maraschino cherry to each one if you want.
5. Brunsli (Swiss Chocolate Cookies)
Swiss chefs are known for chocolate desserts, and I have some favorite ways they use chocolate in cooking.
Thick, gluten-free, and similar to macaroons, brunsli are Swiss chocolate cookies. The rich chocolatey taste and additional orange zest in these cookies will leave you speechless. Made with less than ten ingredients, these cookies are a simple treat to make.
6. Torta di Pane (Bread Pudding from Ticino)
Making this bread pudding takes over an hour, but you’ll find that every moment you spend on it is worthwhile because it is unbelievably delicious.
In addition to the Dutch cocoa powder, lemon zest, raisins, and nuts, this recipe uses plenty of spices. It is soft, dense, and has lots of complementary ingredients that taste great together.
You’ll find that every bite tastes heavenly.
7. Carac
Traditional Swiss pastries called carac are both stunning to look at and delicious to eat. Although preparing them takes around 45 minutes and cooking takes another 30, they are simple to prepare.
Each one is a charming layered pastry that begins with a crisp crust that will remind you of a graham cracker pie crust. Though you can’t see it from the outside, there is a rich chocolate ganache layer in the middle. A sweet, sugary, bright green icing completes each one.
8. Swiss Cherry Pie
Swiss cherry pie is delicious as a dessert because it is so tart and tangy while still being sweet enough. Do not imagine a cherry cream cheese pie.
Instead, picture something between a tasty fruit clafoutis and a deep-dish pizza, but with cream and cherries rather than cheese and tomato sauce. Each bite is packed with potent cherry flavor, despite the cream, sugar, flour, and other ingredients.
9. Apple Strudel
I simply adore apple strudel. I believe that I could eat it every day and never tire of it.
The dough is so flaky, and the filling with almonds, apples, cinnamon, lemon juice, rum, and vanilla extract is among the best. I am done for the moment the top is dusted with powdered sugar. Until I make myself sick, I will devour it because that’s how much I enjoy apple strudel.
10. Spiced Cookies with Candied Citrus Peels and Almonds (Leckerli)
I like to prepare spiced cookies (leckerli) around the holidays because of the smells and spices that fill my home while they bake, but you can have them any time. More like unique brownies than cookies, these look incredible. With a gorgeous white glaze that resembles marble, the insides are a beautiful golden brown.
The many spices in leckerli give each one a complex, multi-layered flavor. If you are a fan of nutmeg, cinnamon, and citrus flavors, you’ll enjoy these.