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Bavarian Pretzel Salad (Brezensalat)

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A Bavarian salad of pan-toasted pretzel pieces with radishes, tomatoes, cucumber, and mountain cheese in a sweet-mustard dressing.

Ingredients

  • 2-3 pretzels (Brezen)
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 10 radishes
  • 1 red onion
  • 10 cherry tomatoes
  • 3 mini cucumbers or 1 salad cucumber
  • 150 g firm mountain cheese (Bergkaese), in one piece
  • 2 large handfuls baby spinach, lamb's lettuce, or mixed leaves
  • 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1-1.5 tablespoons sweet mustard
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 bunch chives
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cut the pretzels into bite-size pieces and fry in the butter until crispy. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
  2. 2
    Slice the radishes, cut the onion into rings, quarter the tomatoes, and slice the mini cucumbers into rounds. Cube the mountain cheese. Place everything with the baby spinach in a large bowl.
  3. 3
    Whisk together the vinegar, mustard, honey, and olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  4. 4
    Slice the chives into rolls and add to the dressing.
  5. 5
    Add the dressing and the toasted pretzel pieces to the salad and toss gently. Serve.

Recipe Attribution

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