Every dish the atlas documents for Europe — 1,616 of them, from 45 countries. Narrow it by food type, country or ingredient below.
1,617 dishes.
Unicumbitter black herbal liqueur in a round bottle, drunk as a digestif
UrdaSoft whey cheese, mild and fresh, spread on bread or baked in pies.
Urnebesspicy spread of white cheese and roasted paprika
Uštipcifried dough pillows eaten with kajmak, cheese
Utopenci'Drowned men': pickled sausages with onion, a pub staple.
Užička pršutaheavily smoked dry-cured ham from the Zlatibor highlands
Uzvarsmoky dried-fruit compote for feast days
Vacherin Mont-d’OrWinter cheese in a spruce band, eaten warmed and scooped with a spoon.
Vana TallinnSweet dark rum liqueur with citrus and vanilla, poured into coffee.
Vanilicelittle vanilla-walnut cookies sandwiched with jam
VanillekipferlVanilla-almond crescent cookies baked at Christmas.
VánočkaBraided sweet Christmas bread with raisins and almonds
VantrabiankaLiver and buckwheat sausage, boiled then fried in slices.
Varené vínoMulled red wine with cloves and citrus at Christmas markets
Varenykyboiled dumplings with potato, cheese or cherries; fried onions, smetana
Varškės sūrelisSweet curd bar coated in chocolate, sold chilled
Varza murataWhole cabbage soured in brine, its leaves rolled into sarmale.
VästerbottensostHard, salty, crystalline cheese baked into the classic crayfish party pie.
VastlakukkelWhipped-cream bun for Shrove Tuesday, after bean soup.
VatrushkaRound bun with a well of sweetened tvorog curd in the centre.
VėdaraiPotato sausage: intestines stuffed with grated potato, baked.
Vepřo knedlo zeloRoast pork, bread dumplings, stewed cabbage; the Sunday trinity.
Vereshchakapork ribs stewed in dark rye-kvass gravy
VerhackertFinely chopped cured bacon and fat spread thickly on bread
VerhunyTwisted strips of dough fried crisp and dusted with icing sugar.
VerikäkkBlood and barley dumpling boiled then fried in fat
VerivorstBarley blood sausage with lingonberry jam and sauerkraut; Christmas.
VermicellesSweet chestnut purée piped in strands over meringue and cream
VermutChilled vermouth with soda and olives, drunk before dinner
VerwurelterTwisted knot of fried dough dusted with sugar, eaten warm.
VesalicaThin pork neck steaks grilled over embers, salted and eaten with onion.
Vi calentRed wine mulled with cinnamon, citrus peel and sugar, drunk after skiing.
Vianočné oblátkyThin unleavened wafers eaten with honey and garlic on Christmas Eve
Victoria spongeLight sponge cake filled with raspberry jam and cream.
Viennese goulashThick paprika beef goulash with bread rolls or dumplings.
ViiliRopy, mildly sour fermented milk eaten with cinnamon and sugar.