World Flavors Cookbook

Fastenwähe

Name: Fastenwähe
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Switzerland
Ingredients: wheat flour, butter, yeast, milk, cumin seeds, salt

A savory, cumin-seeded Lenten bread shaped with four distinctive slits.

Cuisine: Switzerland

Ingredients

Make an enriched dough. Roll into ovals and cut four slits. Stretch slightly. Brush with egg and sprinkle with plenty of cumin seeds. Bake until golden.