Swabian Meat Pasties (schwabische Maultaschen)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 -10 tablespoons warm water (110 f)
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 day-old bread rolls
• 1 cup water (about)
• 12 ounces fresh spinach, cooked 3 minutes,drained
• 2 teaspoons chopped parsley
• 1/2 lb ground veal
• 1/2 lb lamb
• 3/4 lb bulk lamb sausage
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 -8 cups chicken stock or 6 -8 cups broth
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, sliced into rings
• 1 -2 cup fine dry breadcrumb, fried in
• butter

Recipe

• 1 stir together flour and 1/2 teaspoons salt.
• 2 stir in 8 tablespoons water, vinegar and oil until mixture forms a ball.
• 3 if necessary, add more water.
• 4 cover; let stand 20 minutes.
• 5 moisten bread in about 1 cup water; squeeze out moisture.
• 6 combine squeezed out bread with spinach, parsley, ground meats, sausage, chopped onion, eggs, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• 7 mix very well.
• 8 roll out 1/4 of the dough at a time until 1/8 inch thick.
• 9 cut into an even number of 3-inch squares.
• 10 place 1 1/2 tablespoons filling on centers of half the squares.
• 11 top with other squares.
• 12 crimp edges together with a fork.
• 13 bring stock or broth to a boil.
• 14 add pasties; simmer in uncovered pan about 10 minutes or until they rise to the top.
• 15 melt butter in a skillet.
• 16 saute sliced onion in butter until golden.
• 17 serve pasties with sauteed onion rings.
• 18 garnish with breadcrumbs.
• 19 makes 6 servings.
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