It now seems a lifetime away that I lived in Germany. I moved away from there in 2007, so it has been a while indeed. I spent nearly ten years in Cologne, so of course I still miss many things from there. Today’s food is one of those things. There was, and still is, a bakery chain making these tasty flatbreads on a pretzel dough base. I would often get one as a snack on the go. That’s where my inspiration for these flatbreads comes from.
I made half of my flatbreads with an onion, garlic and Cheddar filling and the other half with bell peppers and Mozzarella. I also made sodium carbonate to make my basic pizza dough taste like pretzels. The dough is dipped in the sodium carbonate for a while before hand-stretching, filling and baking the flatbread. You can read all about this method in my previous Pretzel roll post.
Have a nice weekend!
Your VegHog
Wow this sounds delicious - I have only made pretzels once and found it quite a bit of work - do you boil your dough for these pizzas? That is one thing I remember doing that was not easy. I have just been reading Stasiland by Anna Funder which made me want to go to Berlin so I am a bit jealous you had 10 years in Germany.
ReplyDeletePretzels are a lot of work, but I have my own simpler method. I don't boil the dough, but dip it for a couple of minutes to hot sodium carbonate.
DeleteI do miss Germany, there are some very good things about that country. I'm close by now, but of course travel isn't what it used to be. Maybe I can go and visit there soon again.