Birnbrot
Sign in to saveBirnbrot (literally pear bread) or Birnweggen (literally pear buns) are a traditional pastry originating in Switzerland with a filling of dried pears. They exist throughout Switzerland and popular variations include "Bündener Birnbrot" (from the Kanton Graubünden), "Glarner Birnbrot" (from the Kanton Glarus), "Toggenburger Birnbrot" (from Toggenburg) and "Luzerner Birnweggen" (from Luzern).
Key facts
- Food.name
- Birnbrot
- Food.name_lang
- de
- Food.name_italics
- true
- Food.image
- Bündner Birnbrot.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.alternate_name
- Birnweggen
- Food.place_of_origin
- Switzerland
- Food.type
- Pastry
- Food.main_ingredient
- Dried fruit (pears, apples, figs), raisins, walnuts, candied fruit
- Food.minor_ingredient
- coriander, cinnamon, star anise, anise, clove, alcohol
- Food.variations
- Bündener Birnbrot, Glarner Birnbrot, Toggenburger Birnbrot, Luzerner Birnweggen
- Food.similar_dish
- Fig roll
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Birnbrot (literally pear bread) or Birnweggen (literally pear buns) are a traditional pastry originating in Switzerland with a filling of dried pears. They exist throughout Switzerland and popular variations include "Bündener Birnbrot" (from the Kanton Graubünden), "Glarner Birnbrot" (from the Kanton Glarus), "Toggenburger Birnbrot" (from Toggenburg) and "Luzerner Birnweggen" (from Luzern).
==Description== Besides dried pears the filling also contains raisins, walnuts and other dried fruit such as apples or figs. The filling is additionally flavored with candied fruit, coriander, cinnamon, star anise, anise, clove and some sort of alcohol.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birnbrot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.