Zopf
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| Alternative names | Züpfe |
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| Course | breakfast |
| Place of origin | Switzerland, Austria, Germany |
| Main ingredients | Flour, milk, eggs, butter, yeast |
| Variations | Hefekranz or Hefezopf |
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Zopf (German pronunciation: [tsɔpf] Audio file "De-Zopf2.ogg" not found), Butterzopf ([ˈbʊtɐˌtsɔpf]) or Züpfe ([ˈtsʏpfə]) (tresse [tʁɛs] Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tresse.wav" not found in French and treccia [ˈtrettʃa] in Italian) is a type of Swiss, Austrian, and German bread made from white flour, milk, eggs, butter and yeast.[1] The zopf is typically brushed with egg yolk, egg wash, or milk before baking, lending it its golden crust. It is baked in the form of a plait and traditionally eaten on Sunday mornings. The name in all three languages is derived from the shape of the bread, meaning "braid" or "pigtail".
Unlike other braid-shaped breads such as challah or Hefekranz, Swiss Zopf is unsweetened.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Zopf in the online Culinary Heritage of Switzerland database.