Cheese Tart from Basel

This tart, an accompanying onion tart similar to the Alsatian onion tart, and a bowl of brown flour soup form the typical carnival breakfast in Basel. In the early hours of daylight, residents and visitors congregate in all of Basel’s restaurants after the predawn Morgenstreich, the official beginning of the Basler Fasnacht, or carnival celebration. It all begins on the Monday morning after Ash Wednesday, when the carnivals in Latin countries have been ove