Bamberger Herrentoast

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 4 slice(s) farmer’s bread, thickly sliced
• 500 g sausages, coarse and not boiled
• 3 onions, finely chopped
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
• marjoram
• oregano
• some nutmeg, freshly grated
• salt and pepper
• 4 slices of Tilsiter
• 8 gherkins

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

a recipe from my student days

Press the sausage meat out of the skin into a bowl. Add the onions, eggs, parsley, and breadcrumbs to the minced meat, season with salt, pepper, marjoram, oregano, and a pinch of nutmeg, and mix well. Spread the mixture onto the slices of bread, place the slices on a baking sheet, and bake in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes. Then place a slice of Tilsiter cheese on each slice of bread and bake for a further 3-4 minutes, until the cheese begins to melt. Arrange the bread slices on plates and garnish each with two gherkins. Serve with a Bamberg smoked beer or a dark Märzen.