Food & Drink

Luxembourg's cuisine has been influenced over the years by neighbouring France, Belgium and Germany, and more recently from its many Italian and Portuguese immigrants.

Luxembourg has many specialities:

• Ardennes ham smoked in saltpetre
• bouneschlupp (green-bean soup)
• calves' liver dumplings (quenelles) with sauerkraut and boiled potatoes
• carre de port fume (smoked pork and broad beans or sauerkraut)
• cochon de laic en gelee (jellied suckling pig)
• eisleker ham (smoke-cured uncooked ham, sliced paper-thin and commonly served with fresh bread)
• fresh fish from local rivers (trout, pike, and crayfish)
• fried small river fish, such as bream, chub, gudgeon, roach, and rudd
• game during hunting season, such as hare and wild boar
• gromperekichelcher (spiced potato pancake with chopped onions and parsley, then deep-fried)
• judd mat gaardebounen (smoked neck of pork with broad beans)
• kachkéis (a soft cheese spread)
• pastries
• pâté (a spreadable paste, usually made of meat but vegetarian versions exist0
• quetschentaart (a plum tart - along with peach, cherry, and pear tarts are a typical dessert and can be found in any pastry shop)
• thüringer (inexpensive, small sausages that taste like a spicy version of the German bratwurst. They are often sold by street vendors and at roadside stands)
• träipen (black pudding) and sausages with mashed potatoes and horseradish

Drinks

French wine is the most commonly drunk alcohol in Luxenburg, and fine beers from Germany and Belgium are also widely available. It's also common to come across home-produced alcohol, called eau de vie, distilled from various different fruits and usually 50% alcohol by volume.

Some white and sparkling wines are produced in Luxembourg, alongside the north bank of the Moselle, which has a winemaking history dating back to the Romans. Some wines made in Luxembourg include:

• Auxerrois
• Crémant de Luxembourg
• Elbling
• Gewürztraminer
• Pinot Blanc
• Pinot Gris
• Pinot Noir
• Riesling
• Rivaner

Look for the National Mark, which identifies authentic Luxembourg wine.

Luxembourg also has a fair number of breweries, given its tiny size. Some beers currently made in Luxembourg include:

• Battin Edelpils (and other beers at the Brasserie Battin)
• Bière Blonde (and others at the Restaurant Beierhaascht)
• Bofferding Lager (and others at the Brasserie Bofferding)
• Diekirch Premium (and others at the Brasserie de Luxembourg Mousel-Diekirch SA)
• Héngeschter (and others at the Cornelyshaff)
• Simon Dinkel (and others at the Brasserie Simon)

Imported beers, however, have control of the beer market in Luxemburg.