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Spaetzle

Scraped straight into the water, then fried in butter. Cheese optional and usual.

Spaetzle
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Scraped, then fried

30 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 300g plain flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 150ml milk
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 60g butter
  • 150g grated cheese
  • 2 onions

What you do

  1. 1Beat the flour, eggs, milk, nutmeg and salt hard with a spoon for 3 minutes, until the batter blisters and falls in ribbons. Beating is what gives it the chew.
  2. 2Rest 15 minutes.
  3. 3Press through a spaetzle press, or scrape thin strips off a wet board, straight into boiling salted water.
  4. 4They are done 30 seconds after they float. Lift out with a slotted spoon into cold water, then drain.
  5. 5Fry in butter until the edges catch, with fried onions and cheese folded through at the end.

Plain, as a side

20 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 300g flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 150ml milk
  • Butter
  • Parsley

What you do

  1. 1Batter and rest as above.
  2. 2Boil in batches, drain.
  3. 3Tossed in butter with parsley.