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, salt, pepper rolled in a fresh egg

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. The meat stuffing is spread on the fresh egg pasta and rolled. The tube obtained is then cut into slices of 1.5–2 cm, the ''Fleischschnacka''s. The slices are cooked on each face with butter in a frying pan then broth (usually

broth) is added and the rolls are cooked ca. 12 minutes. Traditionally, ''Fleischschnacka''s are served with a small quantity of broth and a

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Etymology

''Fleischschnacka'' literally means "snails of meat". It comes from words: ''Schnacka'' (''snails'') and ''Fleisch'' (''meat''). A similar dish of meat-stuffed pasta,

Maultaschen (singular ''Maultasche'' , ) are a kind of large meat-filled dumpling in Swabian cuisine. They consist of sheets of pasta dough filled with minced meat, smoked meat, spinach, bread crumbs and onions and flavored with various herbs and spices ...

, is popular in Germany, particularly in the region of

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which shares a border with

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

. Maultaschen cut in half can resemble Fleischschnacka.

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