Market Stall · Soft Pretzel
Bretzel Alsacien
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The bretzel is the traditional emblem of Alsace's bakers, and wrought-iron pretzel signs still hang over bakery doors in towns like Strasbourg and Colmar.
Alsatian bretzels are soft, chewy pretzels dipped in a lye solution before baking, which gives them their deep mahogany crust and distinctive flavor, then topped with coarse salt. They're sold warm from bakery windows and market carts across the region.
Why it's made this way: Alsace's German-influenced baking traditions carried the lye-dipped pretzel across the Rhine, and it became a fixture of local markets and Christmas fairs.
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