How to Use a Spaetzle Maker
Spaetzle is a traditional egg noodle popular in Germany and Austria. Depending on the recipe, the dough may be only a little more stiff than a thick batter or it may be very firm like pasta dough. The noodles get their shape by forcing the dough through a slotted spoon, a colander, a grater or a Spaetzle maker. The resulting noodles vary in shape from thick strings to tiny dumplings. No matter what implement is used to shape it, Spaetzle is always made quickly and eaten immediately. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Large bowl
- 1-cup all-purpose flour
- 1-tsp. salt
- 1/2-tsp. ground nutmeg
- Small bowl
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4-cup milk
- Whisk
- Large pot
- 3-quarts water
- Spaetzle maker
- Slotted spoon
- Colander
Instructions
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Combine flour, salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Whisk the milk and eggs together in a small bowl.
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Make a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients with you fingers. In cooking, the hole is usually called a "well."
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Pour the wet ingredients into the well. Slowly combine the dry ingredients with the wet ones.
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Knead the dough with your hands until it is smooth and thoroughly combined. Wash your hands and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
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Bring 3-quarts water to a hard boil in a large pot. Reduce the temperature of the water to a simmer.
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Rest the spaetzle maker over the pot. The spaetzle maker should be long enough so that it bridges the diameter of the pot.
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Fill the spaetzle maker hopper with dough.
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Push the dough into the hopper with you fingers while sliding the hopper back and forth across the length of the spaetzle maker board. The board looks like a grater. The raw spaetzle should fall through the holes in the board and fall into the boiling water.
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Work in small batches. Remove the spaetzle from the simmering water with a slotted spoon as they rise to the surface.
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Empty each spoonful of cooked spaetzle into a colander. Continue to form, cook and set aside spaetzle until you have used all the dough.
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