Tomatenbrot
Tomato bread; simple tomato on buttered bread with salt.
Käse & das vegetarische Brötchen
Spundekäs Brötchen
Spundekäs on roll; cream cheese spread with paprika, onion, caraway from Rheinhessen. With pretzels or bread.
Schnittlauch Brötchen
Chive roll; cream cheese or butter with fresh chopped chives.
Radieschen Brötchen
Radish roll; sliced radishes on buttered roll with salt. Spring specialty.
Quarkbrötchen
Quark roll; roll with fresh Quark cheese, sometimes sweetened.
Obatzda Brötchen
Obatzda on roll; Bavarian cheese spread (ripe Camembert mashed with butter, cream cheese, onions, paprika, caraway). Beer garden classic.
Kräuterquark Brötchen
Herb quark roll; Quark (fresh acid-set cheese, like thick yogurt) mixed with fresh herbs (chives, parsley, dill) on roll.
Käsebrötchen
Cheese roll; roll with sliced cheese (Gouda, Edamer, Tilsiter, Emmentaler, or Butterkäse common). May have butter, lettuce, tomato.
Käsebrot
Cheese bread; buttered bread with cheese slice.
Käse-Tomaten Brötchen
Cheese and tomato roll; simple combination with butter, lettuce.
Käse-Marmelade Brötchen
Cheese and jam roll; unusual combination popular in some regions.
Hummus Brötchen
Hummus on roll; Middle Eastern influence.
Handkäs mit Musik Brötchen
Handkäs in roll; Hessian sour milk cheese marinated in vinegar, oil, caraway, and raw onion ('Musik' = onion, causes flatulence). In bread.
Halver Hahn
'Half rooster'—misleading name for rye roll with Gouda cheese slice and mustard. No chicken involved. Cologne specialty.
Gurkensalat Brötchen
The Gurkensalat Brötchen is German summer food at its plainest: cucumber salted, drained, and dressed in cream or vinegar, piled cool onto a buttered roll while the crust still cracks.
Frischkäse Brötchen
Cream cheese roll; plain or herbed cream cheese on roll.
Brezel mit Butter und Schnittlauch
Pretzel with butter and chives; split pretzel with herbed butter.
Avocado Brötchen
Avocado roll; mashed or sliced avocado with salt, pepper, lime.