There are many great stands at Stuttgart Christmas market so it is hard to choose which is the most beautiful one.

The most beautifully decorated stand at Stuttgart Christmas market in 2016

Each year the visitors have the choice. They vote for the best decorated stand of the Christmas market. This year, the life-sized Santa in his sled on top of the food stand “Spätzle-Schwob” made it. Congratulations! The owners Christine and Herbert Winkle have definitely done great work there.

But this food stand is not only worth a visit because of Santa. It is actually one of my favorite food stands anyway! As a vegetarian it is sometimes tricky for me to find something yummy at a Christmas market (apart from all the great sweet stuff like Magenbrot and such of course). Most stands serve sausages, meat or fish. But the Spätzle-Schwob never let me down 🙂

As the name suggests, they offer a lot of dishes with Spätzle, the famous Swabian noodles. My favorite dish is mushroom Spätzle. I always had it when I visited the Stuttgart Christmas market recently. Last time I asked for their “secret” ingredient that makes it so delicious. Apparently, it is Sherry 🙂 One of my friends chose the Spätzle with spinach and also liked them very much though. Another speciality of Spätzle-Schwob is their baked Camembert. Definitely worth a try, too. If it is very cold, think about stepping inside their little hut next to the food stand. Two tables and a stove await you in there.

If you want to see the most decorative stand at Stuttgart Christmas market for yourself , go to Schillerplatz. There it is right in front of the Old Castle. Enjoy! 🙂

Have you visited the Stuttgart Christmas market already? What are your favorite stands? And what is your favorite dish?

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When it comes to Swabian cuisine, Maultaschen for example, our version of ravioli, are a must-try. You can have them in a soup or roasted with potato salad on the side. Fun fact: The “tasty tasches” from Germany are even a topic within the L.A. Police ;-):

Or Spätzle, the famous Swabian noodles. We have them in many dishes: Lentils with Spätzle is something, every child knows and loves. You find Spätzle in the soup Gaisburger Marsch, that stems from the quarter Gaisburg in Stuttgart. And of course there’s the all-time-favorite Kässpätzle (cheese noodles).

One of my favorite dishes is Schupfnudeln with Sauerkraut. You can even tell yourself you’re having a veeery healthy meal because of the Sauerkraut 🙂

And for very brave eaters, the Swabian kitchen offers Saure Kutteln (pickled tripe). I actually never had them but maybe you’re brave enough 🙂

Trying these dishes in a restaurant is one thing, cooking them by yourself another. If you want to impress your family and friends with a Swabian meal, you find the 30 best Swabian (and Baden) recipes in the Swabian cooking book “So schmeckts bei uns” (That’s how it tastes here) by Katharina and Nikola Hild, published at Silberburg-Verlag. The recipes are in German, English and French and cover soups, main courses and desserts from all over Baden-Württemberg. All the dishes I mentioned above are covered in the book, too.

The book comes for 9,90 Euro and can be bought in regular book shops or here (affiliate link):
So schmeckt’s bei uns: Die 30 besten schwäbischen und badischen Rezepte

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