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Stuffed and crispy brown

Whoever comes to Café Hartmann should try the Bauernhasen (lit. farmer’s rabbit). This famous speciality was traditionally eaten during lent but is served here year-round.
A legend from 13th century mentions cook named Bauer who during lent served a rabbit to margrave Frederick “with the bitten cheek” and to the chaplain of St. Mary – a sin and an violation of ll rules for lent. It turned out, however, that he did not offer a real rabbit, but a piece of pastry shaped like a rabbit – the Bauerhase that until today bears the cook’s name.
The Freiberger Eierschecke is unusual, too and certainly not what you would imagine. When one of its major ingredients, curd cheese, was needed to repair the city walls, this was reflected by the contents of the cake – it had lot of sweet raisins in it as replacement. This particular Eierschecke is actually only found in Freiberg. Enjoy it!