German Spaetzle Egg Noodle Recipe

German Spaetzle Egg Noodle Recipe.

My family comes from a long line of Germans, we have some other nationalities mixed in but pretty strong German. I suppose that is why I LOVE LOVE LOVE German Food and of course beer :)

I didn’t eat Spaetzle growing up or anything, unfortunately! I didn’t find out about this amazing stuff until I was at my husbands family lake cottage in Wisconsin. There is this place called Sigrid’s Bavarian Trail, it’s a restaurant, bar, German gift shop, plus Sigrid the German owner/cook/bartender lives upstairs and did I mention it’s on a lake. This is where I had it and have been hooked ever since. My daughter just orders a double order of it as her dinner when we go there. Yum!

So I know the “traditional” spaetzle does not have onion or garlic powder, this is something I added because my daughter will only eat her spaetlze straight up with butter, nothing else.  As for toppings it’s kind of a personal preference. I would say my first choice would be butter, parsley and a little shredded swiss cheese, or if we are having Bierocks (a German sandwich) with gravy then I top mine with gravy. But I wouldn’t say no to bacon and onion either :)

You can use a spaetzle maker to make this recipe like the one made by NORPRO or Kuchenprofi. We have a spaetzle maker but my sister just uses a metal grater to make hers. When she uses a metal grater she sets it across the top of the sauce pan then uses a rubber spatula to run the dough across the grater. The dough then falls through the grater and into the pan to cook.

German Spaetzle Egg Noodle Recipe

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 eggs
• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch ground pepper
• 1 pinch of onion powder
• 1 pinch of garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Toppings:
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• (optional toppings: swiss or mozzarella cheese, sautéed onions, crumbled bacon,or gravy)

Instructions

1. Fill large pot half way with water, heat on stove top until boiling (add about a tablespoon of salt to the water).
2. Mix together flour, salt, onion and garlic powder, pepper, and nutmeg. Beat eggs then add alternately with the milk to the dry ingredients. Mix until smooth.
3. Press dough through spaetzle maker, or a large holed sieve or metal grater.
4. Drop into simmering water. Cook 5 minutes. Drain well.
5. Toss noodles in butter. Sprinkle chopped fresh parsley and any other of your favorite toppings, and serve.

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