Christmas Food Around the World - Europe

Here is a list of some popular holiday dishes from a few coutries in Europe:

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Fish soup
• Carp
• Potato salad
• Fruit cake
• Gingerbread
• Vanocni curkrovi - Christmas cookies
• Sweet biscuits

FRANCE

• Crepes
• Foie Gras
• Oysters
• Dinde aux Marrons - chestnut-stuffed turkey
• Buche de Noel - yule log
• Berauwecka - dried fruit cake
• 13 Desserts - to represent Jesus and the 12 apostles.

GERMANY

• Christstollen - a type of fruitcake
• Pfefferkuchenhaus - gingerbread house
• Lebkuchen - similar to gingerbread
• Weisswurst - a white veal sausage with herbs
• Roasted goose
• Gluhwein

ITALY

• Ravioli
• Spumante
• Prosecco
• Pandoro
• Tortellini

POLAND

• Kielbasa
• Pierogi
• Carp
• Fish soup
• Uszka - dumpling
• Kutia - pudding
• Makowiec - poppy sead cake

SWEDEN

• Christmas Smorgasbord - full of items like meats, fish, cabbage dishes, breads and cheeses
• Julgrot - Christmas pudding
• Julost - Christmas cheese
• Knack - toffee
• Glogg

UNITED KINGDOM and IRELAND

• Pigs in a blanket
• Christmas Yule Log
• Christmas Pudding
• Mince pie
• Roasted duck, beef, turkey, goose and pheasant
• Dundee cake
• Wassail

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