HOW TO COOK SPAETZLE

How To Cook Spätzle –this is a traditional dumpling in Central Europe especially in Germany and other countries inspired with Deutsch cultures like Austria and Hungary. This Spätzle or spaetzle is like spaghetti but we are not going to use ready-made pasta noodles because making the noodle dough is one of the processes we are going to do using this recipe I am going to share with you. Making this dish is not tricky at all but making the speatzel requires spaetzle maker which I think not all households have it. But if you have mechanical grater, then problem is solved because grater can be used in making spaetzle. I am not so sure if there is a ready-made spaetzle that we can buy from supermarkets because I have not tried looking for it in. You may want to adjust the amoun of ingredients according to your taste. Now, lets get the ingredients and do the cooking. Here is how to cook Spätzle

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

Milk (amount depends upon the dryness of flour)

2 eggs

½ tsp nutmeg (ground)

A dash of white pepper (ground)

½ tsp salt

Water for simmering

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp parsley (chopped)

Cooking Procedure

1. In a bowl, combine together flour, white pepper, salt and nutmeg. Mix well.
2. Whisk egg, combine with ½ cup of milk. Mix perfectly.
3. Little by little, pour the milk mixture to the flour to make dough.
4. If the dough is smooth enough, do not add anymore milk.
5. Put the dough in the spaetzle maker and press.
6. In a pot, heat water until simmering.
7. Drop the spaetzle little by little in the simmering water.
8. Let it cook for 9 minutes.
9. Remove the spaetzle from water and put in a collander to remove water perfectly.
10. In a pan, melt butter over medium heat.
11. Saute the spaetzle for 3 minutes.
12. Transfer in a serving plate, scatter parsley over it and serve.

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