Main Course
Thurgauer Käseschnitten
Thurgau Cheese Slices
Sometimes good things are simple: farmer's bread drizzled with apple juice, topped with apples, onion and Thurgau Tilsiter, and baked.
A Thurgau classic
Zutaten
IngredientsMakes about 4 servings · 2 slices each as a main course
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Nährwerte
Nutrition · per serving
| Energy | 1729 kJ / 412 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 16 g |
| of which saturates | 9 g |
| Carbohydrate | 45 g |
| of which sugars | 11 g |
| Fibre | 5 g |
| Protein | 20 g |
| Salt | 2.1 g |
Per serving of 2 slices.
Estimate for the original amounts, per serving. Salt added to taste is not included. Calculated from the Swiss Food Composition Database (V7.1, FSVO).
Zubereitung
Directions- 1
Preheat the oven to 220 °C, top and bottom heat. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- 2
Place the bread slices on the tray and brush them with apple juice. Finely chop the spring onions.
- 3
Wash, halve and core the apples, then cut them into 3 mm thin slices.
- 4
Cover the bread with the apple slices, scatter the onion on top, and finish with the cheese cut into 5 mm slices.
- 5
Bake in the middle of the oven for 10–15 minutes.
Tipp · Variations
Add a slice of bacon before baking, or use pears instead of apples. Serve with a fine green salad.
En Guete!
Bon appétit · Buon appetito · Bun appetit · Enjoy your meal
First published in the Arizona Swiss Society's Valley Echo newsletter, Summer–Fall 2024.
A bit of history
Geschichte
Where Thurgauer Käseschnitten comes from, gathered from reliable sources such as the Culinary Heritage of Switzerland inventory.
The star of these cheese slices is Tilsiter, a cheese with a well-travelled past. According to the Culinary Heritage of Switzerland, it is said to have started in the hamlet of Milchbude near Tilsit, where a Mrs Westphal reportedly took over and refined a method from a Swiss man named Nessloff as early as the 1840s. The Thurgau cheesemakers Otto Wartmann and Hans Wegmüller had both travelled to Tilsit, and probably around 1893 they tried out a recipe brought back from there. The earliest Swiss record is from an 1895 exhibition in Bern. Today Tilsiter is made mainly in Thurgau, and Käseschnitten are listed among its classic hot dishes.
Sources
- Tilsiter / Tilsit · Kulinarisches Erbe der Schweiz
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