Classic Luxembourgish Dishes

Luxembourgish Potato Gratin

Luxembourgish Potato Gratin

This Luxembourgish gratin was featured in the Kichechef cookbooks in the early 2000s – combining potatoes with Luxembourgish Kachkéis cheese, bacon and cream. For my Anne’s Retro Kitchen series on

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Judd mat Gaardebounen | Traditional Luxembourg Recipe

Judd Mat Gaardebounen

Judd mat Gaardebounen is as Luxembourgish as it gets. A hearty dish of smoked pork collar with broad beans in a creamy sauce. In Luxembourg, shops sell cooked and uncooked

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Bouchée à la Reine

Bouchée à La Reine

Ask any Luxembourger, young or old – everybody loves a Bouchée à la Reine! A buttery vol-au-vent pastry filled with a creamy chicken and mushroom ragout. Traditionally, veal sweetbreads were

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Luxembourgish Wäinzoossiss

Luxembourgish Wäinzoossiss

Wäinzoossiss is a traditional Luxembourgish pork and beef sausage that’s served pan-fried with a creamy mustard sauce. The name is a bit misleading, as it means ‘wine-sausage’, but there’s usually

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rhubarb tart

Rhubarb Tart

There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about a slice of Rubbarbstaart (rhubarb tart). This classic Luxembourgish springtime tart is built on a buttery shortcrust base, filled with tart rhubarb and topped with a

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Luxembourg Baumkuchen (Bamkuch)

Luxembourg Baumkuchen (Bamkuch)

Baumkuchen, known in Luxembourg as Bamkuch, is the country’s iconic layered tree cake and a traditional wedding and celebration cake. Its name translates as ‘tree cake’ because, when the classic

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