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A grilled or pan-fried German sausage of minced pork (or veal), typically served in a crusty roll with mustard.

The knot-shaped German lye pretzel — dark, glossy and salted outside, soft inside; served plain, buttered, or alongside a Weisswurst.

A Berlin street-food classic — a fried pork sausage sliced and smothered in a spiced curry-ketchup sauce, dusted with curry powder.

Soft German egg noodles layered with melted cheese and topped with crispy fried onions — a Swabian comfort-food classic, and vegetarian.

A thin cutlet of meat, breaded and pan-fried until golden and crisp — pork in most German kitchens; veal for the Austrian Wiener Schnitzel.

Seasoned meat stacked on a vertical rotisserie and shaved off in thin slices, served in flatbread, a wrap or on a plate with salad and sauce.

A very thin, crisp flatbread baked with a spiced minced-meat topping — often called "Turkish pizza", though it has no cheese and is meant to be rolled, not sliced.

A boat-shaped Turkish flatbread with the edges folded up around a filling — cheese, minced meat, sucuk or egg — and baked in a stone oven.

Layers of flat pasta baked with ragù (meat sauce), béchamel and cheese — the classic version comes from Bologna.

The original Neapolitan pizza — a thin base with tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil, in the red, white and green of the Italian flag.

A hot French ham-and-cheese sandwich, coated in béchamel and cheese and grilled until bubbling; add a fried egg and it becomes a Croque Madame.

A savoury open tart from the Lorraine region — a buttery pastry shell filled with a set custard of eggs, cream and smoky bacon (lardons).

A Provençal stew of summer vegetables — aubergine, courgette, peppers and tomato, cooked with garlic and herbs; naturally vegan.

A Valencian rice dish cooked in a wide, shallow pan and flavoured with saffron; versions range from the original rabbit-and-chicken to seafood.

The Spanish potato omelette — a thick, set cake of egg, slow-cooked potato and onion, served in wedges warm or cold.

Deep-fried balls or patties of ground chickpeas (or fava beans) and herbs — crisp outside, soft inside, and naturally vegan.