Maultaschen
say MOWL-tah-shen
"Little God-cheaters" for Lent.
DLDated text, with a legend attachedFamily D · Mediterranean filled pasta
- First record
- 1794 · Empires & migration
- Fold
- Leaf parcel or pillow
- Cooked
- Boiled, in soup, pan-fried
- Wrapper
- Wheat doughLarge rectangles
- Filling
- Meat, spinach, bread, onion
- Cooked
- Boiled, in soup, pan-fried
- Size
- About 9 cm across
Tastes of
- meat
- spinach
- onion
- nutmeg
Texture
- soft pasta
- dense filling
Field notes
Story
Large Swabian pasta pockets of meat, spinach and bread. Protected as an EU PGI since 2009 for Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia.
- How to eat it
- In broth, or sliced and fried with egg (geschmälzt).
- When
- Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
History
Nickname "Herrgottsbscheißerle" ("little God-cheaters"). Luther used "Maultasche" for "slap" in 1531. Recipes under the name in a Leipzig 1794 lexicon. Grimm 1885 = "filled noodle in Swabia". EU PGI 22 Oct 2009 (Reg. 991/2009).
Did you know Legend says Maulbronn monks hid meat inside pasta so God wouldn't see it during Lent, hence "Herrgottsbscheißerle".
Where
From Swabia (Württemberg).
- Protected areaSwabia (BW + Bavarian Swabia) · Swabia · Swabians
- Claimed originMaulbronn Abbey (legend) · Swabia
Protected name
EU PGI · Schwäbische Maultaschen / Schwäbische Suppenmaultaschen
Reg. (EC) No 991/2009 of 22 Oct 2009 (OJ L 278, 23.10.2009), amended by Reg. (EU) 2015/193 · registered 2009-10-23
Protected area: All of Baden-Württemberg plus the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben in Bavaria
The Maulbronn monks' origin story is a legend.
Evidence
Fairly sure. A dated text records it by 1794. Part of its origin story is legend.
The grade comes from the project's source report and has not yet been checked source by source. How grading works.
First record Leipzig cookbook/lexicon recipes under the name, 1794 (D); Luther 1531 is 'slap', Maulbronn story is L
This entry is drawn from the World Dumpling Atlas, §6.18, the project's source report. Its grade, D dated text, says how far that has been checked against a primary source.
The tagline and story are editorial; facts trace to the atlas research.
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