Recipes · Swiss · Bread
Grittibänz (Swiss St. Nicholas Bread Man)
One serving has 280 kcal and 7 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (40%), selenium (36%), riboflavin (31%), folate (27%), niacin (23%) and manganese (20%). Ready in 145 minutes.
- Preparation: 120 min
- Cooking: 25 min
- Makes: 1 serving (99.8 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 50 g Flour, all-purpose
- 30 g Milk, whole
- 7 g Butter, unsalted
- 3 g Sugar
- 1.5 g Yeast, fresh
- 0.3 g Salt
- 5 g Egg (for brushing)
- 3 g Raisins
Method
- Warm the milk with the butter until the butter melts and the milk is lukewarm, then stir in the crumbled yeast and the sugar.
- Mix it with the flour and salt and knead for 10 minutes into a soft, smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour, until doubled.
- Divide the dough into pieces of about 90 g, one bread man each. Roll each into an oval about 1.5 cm thick and pinch in a neck a third of the way down to form the head.
- Cut up from the bottom to make two legs, and cut in from each side below the neck to make two arms; spread them slightly apart. Lay the figures on a tray lined with baking paper.
- Press in raisins for the eyes and buttons, make a few snips for hair or a belt if you like, and brush with beaten egg. Leave to rise for 20 minutes. Heat the oven to 180 °C.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown, then cool on a rack. They are eaten on St Nicholas Day, 6 December.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 280 kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 45.3 g | |
| Water | 38.8 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.6 g | 5% |
| Protein | 7 g | 15% |
| Tryptophan | 0.09 g | |
| Threonine | 0.22 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.27 g | |
| Leucine | 0.51 g | |
| Lysine | 0.25 g | |
| Methionine | 0.14 g | |
| Cystine | 0.13 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.35 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.24 g | |
| Valine | 0.32 g | |
| Histidine | 0.16 g | |
| Fat | 7.7 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 2.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.57 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.44 g | |
| Saturated | 4.3 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 36.6 mg | |
| Calcium | 48.1 mg | 5% |
| Copper | 0.09 mg | 10% |
| Iron | 2.5 mg | 14% |
| Magnesium | 16.4 mg | 5% |
| Manganese | 0.36 mg | 20% |
| Phosphorus | 98.8 mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 133 mg | 3% |
| Selenium | 19.8 µg | 36% |
| Sodium | 139 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.69 mg | 9% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.44 mg | 40% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.34 mg | 31% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 3.2 mg | 23% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.49 mg | 10% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.05 mg | 4% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 107 µg | 27% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.19 µg | 8% |
| Choline | 21.1 mg | 5% |
| Vitamin A | 69.7 µg | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 0.07 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 19.4 IU | 3% |
| Vitamin E | 0.35 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin K | 0.85 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.2 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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