# The best Alsatian specialities

The must-try dishes and sweets of Alsace according to Visit Alsace, the Kaysersberg tourist office and the 'Mon week-end en Alsace' guide: from flammekueche to kougelhopf.

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- Jul 18, 2026 · rennesbaguette
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## Top 15

1. **Flammekueche (tarte flambée)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thin dough, cream, onions and bacon baked in a wood oven.
2. **Choucroute garnie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fermented cabbage with Strasbourg sausages, bacon and pork shoulder.
3. **Baeckeoffe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Three meats marinated in white wine, slow-baked with potatoes in a sealed terrine.
4. **Fleischschnacka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 'Meat snails': rolled pasta filled with meat, pan-fried.
5. **Kougelhopf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ring-shaped brioche with raisins and almonds.
6. **Munster** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Washed-rind cheese from the Vosges, served with cumin.
7. **Coq au riesling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alsace's coq au vin, made with white wine and cream.
8. **Spaetzle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small fresh egg noodles served as a side.
9. **Bretzel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The knotted bread sprinkled with coarse salt.
10. **Blueberry tart** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The tart of the Vosges farm inns.
11. **Bredele** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Christmas biscuits in a thousand variations.
12. **Gingerbread** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gertwiller's speciality, made with honey and spices.
13. **Presskopf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pork head cheese in aspic, served as a starter.
14. **Knepfle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dough dumplings, often pan-fried or in soup.
15. **Alsace foie gras** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Invented in Strasbourg as a pâté in the 18th century.
16. **Manala** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Little brioche man baked for St Nicholas.

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