German Specialty Dishes
 

The Schwaben House Maultaschen
- Famous Dishes from the South of Germany -

Maultaschen History:

Maultaschen are a Swabian (Baden-Wuerttemberg) specialty.  They are prepared using an outer shell of pasta dough and a filling made of minced meat, spinach, onions, egg, parsily and flavored with various spices, a secret mix of the respective chef. Similar in appearance to Italian ravioli, Maultaschen are much larger with a length and width of 3 - 5 inches.

Maultaschen are said to be invented by monks of the Maulbronn Abbey to conceal the fact that they were eating meat on Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday or Covenant Thursday, and Good Friday. The monks believed that the meat, hidden inside of Maultaschen, is hidden from God.

Maultaschen are traditionally served in three ways:

• as soup, in a beef or vegitable broth
• 'geroestet' (sliced and pan fried with scrambled eggs) with a side of potato salad
• or 'geschmelzt' (whole Maultasche dressed with sauteed onions) with potato salad.
• Check out our recipes!

Schwaben House Maulatschen Recipes:  (for 4 persons each)

Maultaschen Soup
Maultaschen 'geschmelzt'  with Potato Salad
Maultaschen 'geroestet' with Potato Salad

 Our Maultaschen are available  and for