Region
What Western Europe cooks with
117 ingredients from the guide appear in the 79 catalogued dishes of Western Europe, in Europe. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
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Most typical of Western Europe
A–Z
Every ingredient in Western Europe’s dishes

Aioli
1 dish here

Anchovy
1 dish here

Apple
2 dishes here

Arugula
1 dish here

Bacon
2 dishes here

Baguette
3 dishes here

Basil
2 dishes here

Batter
1 dish here

Beef
3 dishes here

Beer
1 dish here

Bell pepper
3 dishes here

Biscuit
1 dish here

Black pepper
4 dishes here

Blood
1 dish here

Bread
4 dishes here

Broad bean
1 dish here

Broth
1 dish here

Buckwheat flour
1 dish here

Butter
5 dishes here

Buttercream
2 dishes here

Button mushroom
1 dish here

Cabbage
2 dishes here

Caraway seeds
1 dish here

Cayenne pepper
1 dish here

Celery
1 dish here

Cheese
3 dishes here

Chervil
1 dish here

Chicken
2 dishes here

Chives
2 dishes here

Condensed milk
1 dish here

Corn salad
1 dish here

Cream
3 dishes here

Crème fraîche
1 dish here

Crouton
1 dish here

Cucumber
1 dish here

Custard
1 dish here

Dark chocolate
1 dish here

Dough
1 dish here

Egg
10 dishes here

Egg white
1 dish here

Endive
1 dish here

Époisses
1 dish here

European anchovy
1 dish here

Fish
2 dishes here

Flour
2 dishes here

Fresh cheese
1 dish here

Fried onion
1 dish here

Garlic
5 dishes here

Globe artichoke
2 dishes here

Goat cheese
2 dishes here

Gravy
1 dish here

Haddock
1 dish here

Ham
3 dishes here

Hazelnut
1 dish here

Ketchup
1 dish here

Lard
1 dish here

Leek
2 dishes here

Lemon juice
1 dish here

Lettuce
2 dishes here

Liver
1 dish here

Mayonnaise
2 dishes here

Meatball
1 dish here

Milk
6 dishes here

Minced meat
1 dish here

Morel
1 dish here

Mussel
3 dishes here

Nutmeg
1 dish here

Olive
2 dishes here

Olive oil
4 dishes here

Onion
10 dishes here

Parmesan
1 dish here

Parsley
5 dishes here

Pastry cream
1 dish here

Periwinkle
1 dish here

Pickle
1 dish here

Pickled cucumber
2 dishes here

Pork
5 dishes here

Potato
9 dishes here

Powdered sugar
1 dish here

Puff pastry
2 dishes here

Purslane
1 dish here

Quark
1 dish here

Rabbit meat
1 dish here

Radicchio
1 dish here

Radish
2 dishes here

Red cabbage
1 dish here

Red wine
1 dish here

Rice
2 dishes here

Rolled oats
2 dishes here

Rye flour
1 dish here

Salmon
1 dish here

Sausage
2 dishes here

Scallion
1 dish here

Shallot
1 dish here

Shrimp
1 dish here

Sorrel
1 dish here

Spinach
1 dish here

Stock
1 dish here

Sugar
1 dish here

Table salt
5 dishes here

Tomato
2 dishes here

Tomato sauce
1 dish here

Tortilla
1 dish here

Tuna
2 dishes here

Vacherin Mont-d'Or
1 dish here

Veal
1 dish here

Vegetable oil
1 dish here

Vinaigrette
1 dish here

Vinegar
1 dish here

Water
1 dish here

Welsh onion
2 dishes here

Wheat flour
2 dishes here

White bread
2 dishes here

White wine
4 dishes here

Wine
1 dish here

Worcestershire sauce
1 dish here

Yeast
2 dishes here
Photo credits for this page (117)
Mussel: DaBler · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Baguette: jules / stonesoup · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Radish: Hans Braxmeier · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Goat cheese: M0tty · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Buttercream: [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
White wine: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parsley: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ham: Renee Comet (Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Yeast: Shliphmash · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Chives: Anna (bc anna) · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
White bread: Evan Swigart from Chicago, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Aioli: Juan Emilio Prades Bel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Anchovy: jules / stone soup · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Apple: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Arugula: Jeffery Martin · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bacon: Lara604 from Seattle, WA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Basil: Paul Goyette · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Batter: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beef: F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beer: Len Rizzi (photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bell pepper: Ssilvestori at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Biscuit: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blood: Urci dream · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bread: Bake Across Europe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Broth: Mariuszjbie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Buckwheat flour: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Butter: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Button mushroom: 0x010C · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cabbage: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cayenne pepper: Alabama Extension · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Celery: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chervil: Derzsi Elekes Andor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicken: Sakurai Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Condensed milk: Krassotkin · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cream: Miia Ranta from Finland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crème fraîche: Peter from Liverpool, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crouton: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cucumber: Nikodem Nijaki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Custard: Interiot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dark chocolate: Simon A. Eugster · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg white: Douglas P Perkins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Endive: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Époisses: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
European anchovy: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fish: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Flour: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fresh cheese: E4024 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fried onion: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Globe artichoke: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hazelnut: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ketchup: Nenad Stojkovic from Srbija · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lard: Ssemmanda will · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Leek: Jim Lukach · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lemon juice: Ovinus Real · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lettuce: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Liver: Poupou l'quourouce · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meatball: Obsidian Soul · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Milk: Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minced meat: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nutmeg: Herusutimbul · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Olive: Juan Emilio Prades Bel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Olive oil: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parmesan: Mario M. Lommersum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pastry cream: SKopp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Periwinkle: S. Rae from Scotland, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pickle: aharon mizrahi · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Pickled cucumber: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pork: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Potato: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Powdered sugar: Ɱ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Puff pastry: Moonsun1981 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Purslane: Robert Flogaus-Faust · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Quark: SKopp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rabbit meat: Peachyeung316 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Radicchio: CostaPPPR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Red wine: Photos Public Domain · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Rice: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rye flour: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Salmon: Salwa Farwaneh Dameh · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sausage: gcardinal from Norway · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Scallion: Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Shallot: HaJunkiyada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Shrimp: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Spinach: Scudsvlad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stock: Gloria Cabada-Leman · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sugar: Lauri Andler (Phantom) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Table salt: Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tomato sauce: Dennis Klein klein2 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tortilla: Erik Cleves Kristensen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tuna: George Alexander Ishida Newman from Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vacherin Mont-d'Or: Guy Waterval · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Veal: Jeff Kubina · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable oil: Netojinn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vinegar: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Water: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Welsh onion: Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wheat flour: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wine: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons