Granny’s German Spaetzle

This recipe for German Spaetzle has been handed down by means 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 simple 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 irrespective of the place you’re consuming them. Spaetzle noodles could be dressed up similar to every other pasta with sauces and extra components, or they are often served plain sautéed in just a little 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-Function Flour: Bread flour can even work, and you’ll experiment with totally different ratios of complete wheat and white flour as effectively. I don’t suggest utilizing greater than half complete wheat flour.
• Recent Parsley: A bit of coloration and just a little taste. You possibly can add extra on prime to garnish.
• Floor Nutmeg: Only a small quantity offers spaetzle its distinct taste.
• Eggs: The usual grade AA giant sort will do.
• Milk: Entire milk is good, however 2% and 1% additionally work. You could possibly even use milk alternate options.
• Salted Butter: For ending off our spaetzle to serve plain. You’d skip this in case you are utilizing the spaetzle with a sauce.

Spaetzle Makers

A spaetzle maker is a useful metallic instrument particularly designed for making spaetzle. It has holes that let you press the batter immediately into boiling water, forming small dumplings. When you can simply discover spaetzle makers on Amazon, you don’t want one to make this recipe. You need to use a colander or slotted spoon as an alternative, each of that are widespread kitchen instruments.

Makeshift Spaetzle Maker

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

Serving Ideas

Spaetzle is completely scrumptious sautéed in butter, garnished with a little bit of recent 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 rooster. 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.