Swabian Maultaschen-German Pasta

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 50 g semolina and some more
• 3 eggs
• 1 pinch Salt
• 2 slices of sandwich bread -works best when they are a bit dry
• 100 ml warm milk
• 1 onion , cut in small cubes
• 1 garlic clove
• 250 g fresh spinach-you can use frozen spinach, make sure it is defrosted and all excess water is drained
• 100 g bacon
• 500 g minced beef
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 egg
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 1 pinch of freshly grated pepper
• 2 pinches ground nutmeg
• 700 ml broth to cook the Maultaschen

Instructions

1. 1

   Add flour, semolina, eggs, salt in a bowl stand mixer and knead the dough until it becomes a soft dough.

2. 2

   Cover the dough in food safe cling film and place it in the fridge to rest for 1 hour at least

3. 3

   In the meantime, drain and rinse the spinach under cold water, thoroughly squeeze out the water and chop it very finely.

4. 4

   Peel and cut the onion and the garlic.

5. 5

   Cut the Bacon in small cubes.

6. 6

   Cut the bread into really small cubes and place in a bowl.

7. 7

   Add the warm milk and let it rest for 10 minutes.

8. 8

   In a frying pan, heat the butter and fry the onion, garlic and bacon until golden.

9. 9

   Add the spinach, combine everything and turn off heat and let the mixture cool down a bit

10. 10

    Place the ground beef, spices and egg in the bowl stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.

11. 11

    Add the bread milk mixture and the onion, garlic, bacon and spinach mixture.

12. 12

    If you do not have a stand mixer, you can always use your hands as well to thoroughly combine everything together

13. 13

    For the dough you can either use prepared sheets of pasta dough or you need to roll out the pasta dough into thin sheets of pasta- roughly 30x 15 cm.

14. 14

    Place spoonful’s of Maultaschen filling on the middle of the dough with a distance of about 4cm each.

15. 15

    Using a brush, cover the edges with a bit of water.

16. 16

    Place the long sides of the dough over the filling and close it.

17. 17

    Using the end of the wooden spoon, squeeze the dough together between the fillings and close all edges.

18. 18

    Cut in between the fillings so you get the typical shape of it.

19. 19

    Place the uncooked Maultaschen on a cutting board, covered with semolina so they will not stick together.

20. 20

    Heat the broth in a big pot and add 4 – 6 Maultaschen at a time and let them simmer for 15 minutes.

21. 21

    Repeat the process until they are all cooked. Serve with the broth and enjoy!