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Submitted by wlu

A traditional Swabian flatbread (Flämmkuchen-style) topped with sour cream, scallions, chives, egg, and nutmeg on yeasted dough. Baked until golden and dotted with butter before serving. Germany’s cozy answer to pizza night.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

15 min

READY

30 min

Before there was Neapolitan pizza, the Swabians in southern Germany were stretching yeasted dough into thin rounds and loading them up with good stuff from the pantry.

This version, sometimes called a Wähe, keeps the topping simple and honest: chopped scallions and chives mixed with egg, sour cream, and a warm hit of nutmeg, spread across hand-stretched rounds of soft yeast dough.

Bake until the edges puff and the top turns golden, then dot with butter while it’s still screaming hot.

It’s rustic, satisfying, and proof that you don’t need mozzarella to make something worth gathering around.

Kitchen Tips

  • Stretch the dough thinner in the center and leave the edges a bit thicker. This creates a natural rim that holds the topping in place.
  • Don’t overwork the dough when shaping. Gentle hands give you a tender crust; aggressive rolling makes it tough.
  • Serve immediately. The butter melts into the hot topping and that first bite, with the soft dough and creamy onion filling, is the whole point.

Ingredients

250 250
GRAMS GRAMS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
25 25
GRAMS GRAMS YEAST, ACTIVE DRY
1 ¾ 1.8
LITERS LITERS MILK *
1 1
DASH DASH SALT *
1 1
LARGE EACH EGG
50 50
GRAMS GRAMS BUTTER
Topping
3 3
BUNCH BUNCH CHIVE *
1 5
TEASPOON ML NUTMEG
ground
0.1
LITERS LITERS SOUR CREAM *
1 1
LARGE EACH EGG
1
X SALT
to taste *
150 150
GRAMS GRAMS BUTTER

Directions

Dough:

Mix a regular yeast dough and shape it into small circles, 4½ to 6 inches in diameter.

Then stretch these circles, from the center towards the edges so that the center is slightly thinner and the edge of the circle forms a slightly thicker rim.

Finely chop the onion and chives, mix with the egg and sour cream.

Stir in the nutmeg and salt.

Fill the center of the ‘Waehe’ with this mixture.

Bake at moderate heat until yellow.

Remove from oven, dot with butter, and serve piping hot.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 141g (5.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 637 62% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 44g 67%
Saturated Fat 27g 133%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 201mg 67%
Sodium 323mg 13%
Total Carbohydrate 17g 17%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Sugars g
Protein 24g
Vitamin A 27% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 4% Iron 24%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
 

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