Halve Hahn
Halve Hahn comes from Cologne and has nothing to do with poultry. Halve Hahn can be ordered in every Rhineland pub. It is a halved Röggelchen (rye roll) topped with somewhat aged-aged Gouda cheese and mustard. In High German one, Halve Hahn would mean "half a rooster."
Region Rhineland
Servings 1 person
Ingredients
- 1 rye roll
- 1 slice somewhat aged Gouda or Emmentaler, not too thinly slices
- onion rings
- some butter
- mustard
Instructions
- Butter the opened half of a small rye roll.
- Then add a slice of Goude or Emmentaler cheese, and a few raw onion ring.
- Add a dab mustard and the Halve Hahn is done.
- Traditionally served with the original Kölsch, the Rhenish beer.
