Mutzen
Rhenish deep-fried pastry for Carnival and New Year's Eve — diamond-shaped dough fried golden in hot oil and dusted with powdered sugar.
The spelling Mutzen exists alongside the variant Muze(n). In the Rhineland, this pastry is firmly tied to recurring festive periods throughout the year.
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At a glance
- Type
- Rhenish deep-fried pastry
- Occasions
- Carnival and New Year's Eve
- Basic ingredients
- flour, eggs, sugar, flavorings
- Regions
- Greater Cologne area, Lower Rhine, Middle Rhine, Bergisches Land, Eifel
Preparation
The dough is made firm and rolled out thin. Diamond shapes are cut from the sheet and fried in hot oil until golden. They are typically finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.
Distinguishing from similar pastries
Colloquially, Mutzenmandeln are sometimes also called Mutzen, even though they are a distinct product. In Thuringia and the Ore Mountains, the name Mutzen additionally refers to Schmalzgreben, which are likewise something different.
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