A three-meat and potato casserole, lamb, beef and pork marinated overnight in Riesling, layered with potatoes and onions and sealed under a lid of dough to bake slowly all day.
Baeckeoffe means baker's oven, and the name tells its story. Alsatian housewives would assemble the casserole on washing day, seal the dish with a strip of dough and drop it at the village baker's on the way to the laundry, collecting it cooked hours later from the residual heat of the bread oven. The overnight Riesling marinade and the slow, sealed cooking give it its character. It remains a winter winstub staple, ordered for the table and served straight from the terracotta pot.
4 editor picks for Baeckeoffe in Strasbourg, ranked by editorial score. All Strasbourg signature dishes · Baeckeoffe across every city.
Chez Yvonne ★ 4.4
Grande Ile · 10 Rue du Sanglier, 67000 Strasbourg
Chez Yvonne, the S'Burjerstuewel near the cathedral, is the city's best-known winstub, a wood-panelled room famous for its tete de veau and Alsatian classics.
Fink'Stuebel ★ 4.3
Petite France · 26 Rue Finkwiller, 67000 Strasbourg
Fink'Stuebel is a half-timbered winstub near Petite France with painted ceilings, serving baeckeoffe, kaseknepfle dumplings and roast pork knuckle.
L'Ami Schutz ★ 4.2
Petite France · 1 Ponts Couverts, 67000 Strasbourg
L'Ami Schutz sits by the Ponts Couverts in Petite France, a long-running winstub for baeckeoffe and choucroute garnie with a riverside terrace.
Winstub Le Clou ★ 4.1
Grande Ile · 3 Rue du Chaudron, 67000 Strasbourg
Winstub Le Clou on Rue du Chaudron near the cathedral is a classic Alsatian tavern for choucroute, baeckeoffe and waedele, poured with Riesling.