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Birewecke
Birewecke is an Alsatian fruit bread made by enclosing a spiced mixture of dried pears and other dried fruits, nuts, and sometimes kirsch in dough before baking.

About Birewecke
Birewecke is an Alsatian fruit bread made by enclosing a spiced mixture of dried pears and other dried fruits, nuts, and sometimes kirsch in dough before baking.
Ingredients in Birewecke
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- Dried Pearfilling
- Dried Applefilling
- Dried Plumfilling
- Raisinfilling
- Wheat flourbase
- Sugarsweetener
- Kirschseasoning
- Cinnamonseasoning
- Hazelnutfilling
- Walnutfilling
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Origins & food traditions
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