Spaetzle

From: Vino p.o. prn

On Jan 16, 2008

Excellent!!..especially alongside Chicken Paprikash! After years of holding the heavy plate on top of a pot of boiling water and cutting each spaetzle in to the water, I decided to try filling the spaetzle dough into a zip top bag, cut the tip off the bag and use it as an easier way to drop and cook the spaetzle. It worked really well for me! This is the way I'll be cooking spaetzle until I get a real spaetzle grater! Thanks for the recipe!

From: ToiCara

On Nov 1, 2007

Big hit at our house! Love this!

From: Sage

On Feb 28, 2002

This is very good!of course they are more trouble to make than cooking that dry kind but it is really worth it.

From: bshemyshua

On Apr 24, 2008

Spaetzle! What a wonderful alternative. A polish/italian friend of mine first showed me how she makes hers. She used a stand mixer to mix hers just until it was a little stretchy, boiled her water, spooned a big glop on a dinner plate and used a dinner fork to scrap glops of dough into the boiling water, occasionally dipping the fork into the boiling water so the dough would not stick to the fork. They came out tear shaped, about 1" by 2" long and then she would drain and spread in a 9x13 baking pan, grate some carrot over them , and layer pork chops on top. Cover with foil and bake until the meat was done. For me with a family of 8-9 I prefer to use a spaetzle maker. It only cost about 8.00 dollars and made the proccess a little faster and less labor intensive. I use milk instead of water(no oil), 1 tsp. salt in flour, and a1/2 tsp. nutmeg or allspice. I make mine as a substitute side dish with our holiday meats. Which makes it extra special. I also toss with sauteed chopped onion and serve with a dollop of sour cream. So this "lazy noodle" as my friend called it can sub for noodles or potatoes at our house. I would definetly recommend this "comfort food".