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French bread

Italian pasta

European cuisine, or alternatively Western cuisine, is a generalised term collectively referring to the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries.^[1] European cuisine or Western cuisine includes that of Europe including (depending on the definition) that of Russia,^[1] as well as non-indigenous cuisines of North America, Australasia, Oceania, and Latin America, which derive substantial influence from European settlers in those regions. The term is used by East Asians to contrast with Asian styles of cooking.^[2] (This is analogous to Westerners referring collectively to the cuisines of East Asian countries as Asian cuisine.) When used by Westerners, the term may sometimes refer more specifically to cuisine in Europe or continental; in this context, a synonym is Continental cuisine, especially in British English.

Grilled steak

Frites (french fries)

The cuisines of Western countries are diverse by themselves, although there are common characteristics that distinguishes Western cooking from cuisines of Asian countries^[3] and others. Compared with traditional cooking of Asian countries, for example, meat is more prominent and substantial in serving-size.^[4] Steak in particular is a common dish across the West. Similarly to some Asian cuisines, Western cuisines also put substantial emphasis on sauces as condiments, seasonings, or accompaniments (in part due to the difficulty of seasonings penetrating the often larger pieces of meat used in Western cooking). Many dairy products are utilised in the cooking process, except in nouvelle cuisine.^[5] Wheat-flour bread has long been the most common sources of starch in this cuisine, along with pasta, dumplings and pastries, although the potato has become a major starch plant in the diet of Europeans and their diaspora since the European colonisation of the Americas. Maize is much less common in most European diets than it is in the Americas; however corn meal, or polenta, is a major part of the cuisine of Italy and the Balkans.

Central and Eastern European cuisines[link]

Belarusian potato babka

Polish pierogi

Bulgarian banitsa

Romanian sărmăluţe cu mămăligă

Czech Vepřo-knedlo-zelo

Russian pirozhki

Hungarian gulyás

Ukrainian borscht

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  • Crimean Tatar cuisine

Northern European cuisines[link]

English Sunday roast

Norwegian smørbrød

Finnish sautéed reindeer

Scottish haggis, neeps, and tatties

Irish stew

Swedish meatballs

Lithuanian cold borscht

Welsh rarebit

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Southern European cuisines[link]

Bosnian Ćevapi

Macedonian Tavče Gravče

Croatian Žganci

Maltese octopus stew

Cypriot bamies

Serbian Đuveč

Greek salad

Portuguese amêijoas à bulhão pato

Italian polenta with rabbit

Portuguese cozido

Italian risotto alla milanese

Spanish paella

Italian spaghetti alla carbonara

Spanish tapas

Neapolitan pizza

Turkish kebab

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Western European cuisines[link]

Austrian schweinsbraten with semmelknödel

French carbonnade flamande

Belgian moules frites

French duck magret

Dutch Boerenkoolstamppot with rookworst

French fondue savoyarde

German Sauerbraten with potato dumplings

French quiche lorraine

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  • Haute cuisine
    • Cuisine classique
    • Nouvelle cuisine
• German cuisine
• Liechtensteiner cuisine
• Luxembourgian cuisine
• Swiss cuisine

See also[link]

Food portal

• Medieval cuisine
• Early modern European cuisine
• Mediterranean cuisine
• North American cuisine
• South American cuisine

References[link]