14 March: Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, and a bowl of Maultaschensuppe
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in Swabia, on 14 March 1879. Swabia's own big idea is the Maultasche, a pasta parcel that hides its filling, served here in clear broth. Relatively speaking, the perfect birthday bowl.
Maultaschensuppe
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Maultaschensuppe is the Swabian soup of Maultaschen, large square pasta parcels from southwestern Germany. The thin egg pasta dough is filled with a mixture of minced meat, sausage meat, spinach, soaked bread rolls, onion, parsley and nutmeg, then folded or rolled, cut into squares and poached in salted water.
Read about Maultaschensuppe and get the recipe →What happened
Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Württemberg.
Why this soup
Einstein was born in Ulm, a Swabian city, and Maultaschen are Swabia's signature dish.
Sources
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