Granny’s German Spaetzle

This recipe for German Spaetzle has been handed down by way of generations, coming straight from my great-grandparents who immigrated from Germany. Spaetzle is a beloved conventional dish that’s actually simply an egg noodle dumpling and boy is it scrumptious! It’s additionally straightforward to make. You don’t want any fancy tools to make them both! You may make them with a specialised spaetzle maker or utilizing instruments you have already got within the kitchen, like a colander.

Spaetzle originated within the areas of Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland, however these little egg noodles are consolation meals regardless of the place you might be consuming them. Spaetzle noodles might be dressed up identical to another pasta with sauces and extra elements, or they are often served plain sautéed in slightly little bit of butter. It’s a flexible little dumpling that may be as fancy or so simple as you’d like.

Ingredient Notes

• All-Objective Flour: Bread flour may even work, and you’ll experiment with completely different ratios of entire wheat and white flour as nicely. I don’t advocate utilizing greater than half entire wheat flour.
• Recent Parsley: Somewhat shade and slightly taste. You possibly can add extra on prime to garnish.
• Floor Nutmeg: Only a small quantity provides spaetzle its distinct taste.
• Eggs: The usual grade AA massive form will do.
• Milk: Complete milk is good, however 2% and 1% additionally work. You can even use milk alternate options.
• Salted Butter: For ending off our spaetzle to serve plain. You’d skip this if you’re utilizing the spaetzle with a sauce.

Spaetzle Makers

A spaetzle maker is a helpful steel software particularly designed for making spaetzle. It has holes that assist you to press the batter straight into boiling water, forming small dumplings. Whilst you can simply discover spaetzle makers on Amazon, you don’t want one to make this recipe. You should utilize a colander or slotted spoon as an alternative, each of that are widespread kitchen instruments.

Makeshift Spaetzle Maker

When you don’t have a spaetzle maker, don’t fear! All you want is a steel kitchen software with holes to create the right little dumplings. A colander, cheese grater airplane, or perhaps a slotted spoon can do the job. Merely maintain your chosen software over the pot of boiling water and pour the spaetzle batter on prime. Gently press the batter by way of the holes utilizing the again of a spoon or ladle. This technique creates the small, irregular shapes that make spaetzle so enjoyable and scrumptious.

Serving Recommendations

Spaetzle is totally scrumptious sautéed in butter, garnished with a little bit of contemporary parsley. You possibly can serve it alongside traditional German dishes like schnitzel, bratwurst, or actually any roasted meat like roast beef, our apple-glazed roasted pork loin, or roast chicken. Spaetzle can be nice for creamy sauces like our lemon cream sauce, a bechamel, or mushroom gravy. You possibly can even toss it with sautéed greens and bacon for a fast meal.