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muesli

Traditional dish from Switzerland

Must Try Vegetarian

About muesli

breakfast dish based on unboiled rolled oats and other ingredients

Muesli is a cold Swiss dish that has become a common breakfast cereal prepared without cooking. Developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital, in Switzerland, it is also consumed for supper as Birchermüesli complet, 'Bircher's complete little mush', i.e., muesli with café complet.

Key Ingredients

  • rolled oats
  • dried fruit
  • grain

Dietary Information

✓ Vegetarian friendly
✓ Must-try when visiting Switzerland
Traditional Switzerland cuisine

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