Mettbrotchen appears as a signature dish in 1 Germany cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Mettbrötchen · Cologne
Raw minced pork (Mett) seasoned with salt, pepper and onion, spread onto a fresh Brötchen. A German raw-meat tradition consumed daily at every bakery and market.
Mett is German lean minced pork, traditionally from the shoulder, served raw on bread as Mettbrötchen. The tradition is centuries old in northern and western Germany; food-safety regulations require Mett to be ground and sold the same day. Cologne's Wochenmarkt stalls and Bäckereien like Backerei Zimmermann and Bastians serve it from early morning. The most common breakfast or second-breakfast order at any Cologne market.
Where to eat in Cologne:
- Nippesser Wochenmarkt
- Backerei Zimmermann
- Bastians