Bölletünne

The lovely Swiss city of Schaffhausen lies along the northern border with Germany, next to the rushing Rhine and plenty of rolling vineyards. A crisp white wine is the perfect accompaniment for their most famous dish too, the Bölletünne. The name is straightforward, if you understand the Schaffhauser dialect: Bölle means onion, and Tünne means Wähe (Switzerland’s favourite sweet or savoury tart). It’s not dissimilar to the Zibelechueche, Bern’s famous onion tart, though the variety from Schaffhausen includes a sprinkling of bacon. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize There are lots of recipes for this beloved specialty online, from Betty Bossi to one of my favourite independent Swiss food bloggers, lamiacucina. In general the recipes don’t vary too much (except for Betty Bossi’s yeated dough), with similar amounts of onions and bacon filling. I stuck to my tried and tested Wähe dough and Guss (custardy filling), and made sure to go heavy on the onions because that’s the name of the tart.