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Sweet, salty, cakes and pastries
Amandine de Sainte-Croix
This almond and honey-based specialty is known beyond our borders. The cake was created by a traditional confectioner in the Jura and shows the region’s know-how.
Rue Neuve 10
1450 Sainte-Croix
Tel. +41 (0)24 455 41 42
Fax +41 (0)24 455 41 15
ot@sainte-croix.ch
www.sainte-croix-les-rasses-tourisme.ch
Bouchons vaudois
Bouchon vaudois is a delicacy in the shape of a cork. It consists mainly of grated almonds and chocolate and was created in 1948 in the aim of introducing a specialty emblematic of the Lake Geneva Region.
Case postale 164
1000 Lausanne 6
Tel. +41 (0)21 613 26 26
Fax +41 (0)21 613 26 00
info@lake-geneva-region.ch
www.lake-geneva-region.ch
Gâteau de Goumoens
Gâteau de Goumoens is a leavened cake filled with cream and sugar. It is the flagship of the small village whose name it bears. To be enjoyed without restraint by all fans of cakes.
Place des Petites Roches 1
1040 Echallens
Tel. +41 (0)21 881 50 62
Mobile +41 (0)79 775 63 73
Fax +41 (0)21 881 50 64
region@echallens-tourisme.ch
www.echallens-tourisme.ch
Gâteau du Vully
This delicacy used to be made by local bakers with yeast-based dough topped with cream and salt. Today butter and sugar are also added. Hence its pretty sobriquet: “the sweet and savory one”.
Place de l'Eglise 3
CP 106
1580 Avenches
Tel. +41 (0)26 676 99 22
Fax +41 (0)26 675 33 93
info@avenches.ch
www.avenches.ch
Raisinée
Raisinée consists of pear juice or squeezed apples heated over a log fire. The resulting fruit concentrate is used to make desserts.
Case postale 164
1000 Lausanne 6
Tel. +41 (0)21 613 26 26
Fax +41 (0)21 613 26 00
info@lake-geneva-region.ch
www.lake-geneva-region.ch
Taillé aux greubons
This specialty is made from puff pastry and embedded "greubons". Greubons are the cracklings left over when melting lard. They give this delicacy an exquisite and special taste.
Case postale 164
1000 Lausanne 6
Tel. +41 (0)21 613 26 26
Fax +41 (0)21 613 26 00
info@lake-geneva-region.ch
www.lake-geneva-region.ch
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