Tessiner Rolls

These unusual Swiss pull-apart rolls borrowed their name from the Italian-influenced region (or canton, as it is called there) of Tessin (Ticino in Italian), which is located in the southern part of Switzerland at the Italian border. The restaurants in Tessin serve a whole “loaf ” of these rolls in their bread baskets, which not only looks interesting, but keeps the rolls from drying out.

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