Recipe: Spätzle - German Style Pasta

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I made a very traditional German dish for dinner tonight and thought I could share some pictures of it here.

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It’s Kässpätzle (Cheese Spätzle)

Spätzle are a type of noodle and the dish itself is not unlike mac and cheese.

They are not made from pasta dough but from a rather runny batter, here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 400 g all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp semolina (can be substituted with cornmeal)
  • 4 eggs
  • 180 ml sparkling water
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 1 pinch nutmeg

Combine all ingredients except the water.
Then slowly add water until the batter is slightly runny. It should drip from a spoon but not flow too much.

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Let it sit for around 15 minutes. I don’t track the time here and just let it sit for as long as a large pot of salted water takes to start boiling.

Then the batter is pushed through a Spätzle grater into boiling water

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After a couple of minutes they float to the top and can be taken out

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There are loads of recipes you can use them in, but today I layered them with lots of grated cheese in a casserole dish

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I forgot to take a picture when I took it out of the oven and it disappeared quickly. I topped it with some shallow fried onions.

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Ich liebe spätzle…this looks delicious!

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Thanks! It’s definitely a crowd pleaser but also extremely rich

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Oh my gosh, this looks so good! I love spätzle!

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I am also on team spatzel! Looks delicious!

Thanks for sharing your traditional family recipes. LC has some amazing cooks from all over that have taught me about these wonderful foods!

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Team Spätzle For Life! Growing up
Chicken Paprikash was a beloved special treat at the traditional Ukranian restaurant where they made the dumplings exactly like Spätzle. So delicious!

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@Mountains_and_Clouds, @AIMR, @Magpie thank you!

I had no idea Spätzle at so widely known. Well, I guessed that @AIMR would know some version of it.

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We have an excellent shop here where we can buy all sorts of yummy goodies from Germany. It is about 40 minutes from my house so I only go there when I am in the area. I do have a package of dried spatzle but for sure it is not the same as fresh! My nanny and my mom made a beef gravy for it when we lived in Germany.

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Yum. This looks absolutely delicious.

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YUM! I also love spätzle, but have only rarely had it. I am going to have to remember this come the cooler weather when heavier, richer food is craved, and ask TheMisterT to make it!

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@AIMR that’s really good, too. Add some braised red cabbage and you have my son’s favorite food. During the colder seasons I often add Spätzle to stew. I also like to add spinach to the batter and serve it with a creamy sauce with bacon strips and parmesan cheese.

Where in Germany did you live?

@Rlynn thank you

@TheMistressT just out of curiosity I checked what kind of Spätzle makers Amazon offer and this one is pretty similar to mine. I try to write up the recipe tonight.

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Yummy! Those additions sound so good! I just added that maker to my shopping list. I am sure my husband will be impressed as his family ate spatzle a lot more than my family! I bet he would like to try some of his grandma’s recipes.

My dad was stationed in Pirmasens with the Army. My brother was born there as well. I walked to kindergarten when I was 4.

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Thank you! I added the maker to my “wish list” so I won’t forget it.

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I agree with everyone else. They look delicious. Let us know when you plan to make them again and we’ll all come by to help to eat them!

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@TheMistressT, @AIMR I added my recipe to the original post.

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Thanks!

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I am looking forward to making this as well as the gnocchi recipe my friend taught me. These are the comfort foods that we often crave!

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Making Spätzle is so easy with the right tools. And it doesn’t that much longer then cooking dried spätzle. But it’s a bit of a mess.

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My husband is the messiest cook ever! I don’t know…but there is something comforting to me when a kitchen looks like it was actually used. The friends I have that are great cooks seem to always have one of those kitchens that look a bit messy after they cook! ha ha

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